RTCC: In UN climate circles, the Marshall Islands is mostly known as one of those states that will be swamped by rising sea levels.
Its negligible contribution to greenhouse gas emissions makes its heartfelt pleas for ambitious action all too easy for bigger nations to ignore.
At the International Maritime Organization (IMO), on the other hand, the Marshalls carry significant weight: 118 million tonnes, to be precise.
That is the mass of 3,400 ships registered in Majuro, more than any other country...