Climate change and impact mitigation is central to the shipping industry. Targets and standards that aim to reduce emissions and mitigate impact will apply either to all ships or to certain ship types or ship activities. The impact of this regulatory agenda on maritime activities is heavily dependent on international conventions and decisions taken at the International Maritime Organization (IMO). Some scholars have pointed to the undue influence of firms on the IMO via ‘corporate capture’. Mainstream scholarship assumes that decisive influence comes from powerful states. This article deploys a polycentric approach to argue that governance outcomes are often a function of the particularities of the negotiating process as opposed to the characteristics and resources of the negotiating parties.

气候变化和影响减缓是航运业的核心。旨在减少排放和减轻影响的目标和标准将适用于所有船舶或某些船舶类型或船舶活动。该监管议程对海事活动的影响在很大程度上取决于国际公约和国际海事组织 (IMO) 做出的决定。一些学者指出，公司通过“公司俘获”对 IMO 产生了不当影响。主流学术假设决定性影响来自强国。本文采用多中心方法来论证治理结果通常取决于谈判过程的特殊性，而不是谈判各方的特征和资源。