Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - He tūranga tā te IMO ki te aro atu ki te huringa āhuarangi o te ao. I tū te Hui Tuatahi o te Rōpū Mahi o te IMO mō ngā Putanga Hauora o ngā Waka mai i ngā kaipuke ki Oslo, Norway (23<unk>27 Pipiri 2008), i whakahaeretia ki te whakawhanake i te pūtake hangarau mō ngā tikanga whakaheke e taea ai te hanga i tētahi wāhanga o tētahi pūnaha IMO o muri mai hei whakahaere i ngā pānga hauora o ngā waka mai i te kaipuke ao whānui, me tētahi kaupapa o ngā tikanga whakaheke tūturu, hei whakaaro anō i te Komiti Tiaki Taiao Moana o te IMO (MEPC). I uru te IMO ki te Huihuinga Huringa Huarere o te United Nations 2015
i Paris e whai ana ki te whakatū i a ia anō hei "ngā rōpū ā-ao e tika ana ki te whakatutuki i ngā tukunga hau wera mai i ngā kaipuke e mahi ana i te tauhokohoko ā-ao". Heoi anō, he nui ngā whakahē i te kore mahi a te IMO mai i te mutunga o te hui o Paris, me te wāhanga tuatahi o te kohikohi raraunga o tētahi tukanga e toru ngā wāhanga hei whakaiti i ngā pānga o te pāmahana o te moana e tūmanakohia ana kia tae noa ki te tau 2020. I te tau 2021, i tuhia e "The New York Times" ko te IMO "he maha nga wa i whakaroa ai, i whakaitihia ai nga ture o te āhuarangi".