To fight climate change successfully, the world needs to act as a team. ISO is proud of its teamwork with partners such as the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in developing solutions to this challenge said ISO Secretary-General Rob Steele in connection with World Maritime Day 2009, which is organized annually on 24 September by the IMO, a partner organization to ISO in developing standards for this sector. The theme of this year's World Maritime Day is Climate change: a challenge for IMO too! IMO has been entrusted by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change with pursuing ways to limit or reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases from ships. IMO Secretary-General Efthimios E. Mitropoulos, in his World Maritime Day message, emphasizes the importance of a...