13 Arsenio Dominguez and Kitack Lim, International Maritime Organization
The incoming secretary-general arguably has a steeper hill to climb than his predecessor, whose amiable approach to consensus managed to get the organisation to the point of agreeing a credible — if unfinished — pathway to decarbonising shipping
The IMO’s fate rests with a handful of key member state power brokers, but the secretary-general must encourage, cajole, argue and — if necessary — force agreements through any which way he can
