In Antalya, Turkey, the contracting parties of the UN’s Barcelona Convention on the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution, including the EU and the Mediterranean countries, signed a declaration endorsing a new strategy for 2022 to 2027 to achieve a healthy, clean, sustainable and climate resilient Mediterranean Sea. All signatories agreed to support the designation of a sulphur emissions control area in the whole region, meaning that ships navigating through the Mediterranean can only…