Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: IMO ine basa mukubata neshanduko yemamiriro ekunze yepasi rose. Musangano Wokutanga wePamberi we IMO Working Group on Greenhouse Gases Emissions from Ships wakaitwa muOslo, Norway (23<unk>27 June 2008), wakapiwa basa rokugadzira nheyo dzezvokugadzirisa zvinogona kuva chikamu chehurongwa hwe IMO hwomunguva yemberi hwekudzora magasi anokonzera girinihausi kubva kune dzimwe nyika, uye chirongwa chezvirongwa zvekuderedza ivo pachavo, kuti zviongororwe ne IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC). IMO yakabatanidzwa mu
2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference muParis inotsvaka kuzvisimbisa se "sangano rakakodzera renyika yose kugadzirisa magasi anokonzera kupisa kubva kumidziyo inobatanidzwa mukutengeserana kwenyika dzakawanda". Kunyange zvakadaro, kwave kune kutsoropodzwa kwakapararira kwekusaita chimwe chinhu kweIMO kubva pakapera musangano weParis, nedanho rekutanga rekuunganidza dhata rematanho matatu ekuderedza kuburitswa kwemhepo mugungwa kunotarisirwa kupera kusvika muna 2020. Muna 2021, "The New York Times" yakanyora kuti IMO "yakambononoka uye kudzikisira mitemo yemamiriro ekunze".