France is drumming up support for a global levy on greenhouse gas emissions from the shipping industry ahead of a summit hosted by Emmanuel Macron this month.
Several people familiar with the discussions said France hopes to team up with other countries to issue a joint call for members of the United Nations’ International Maritime Organization to agree such a levy at its upcoming meeting in July.
France is seeking to build a coalition of dozens of nations to back the idea, and has won support from Japan, Denmark, Kenya, Panama and Mexico — along with the Solomon and Marshall Islands, which have championed the idea for years — said one of the people familiar with the situation.