In 2023, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted a new strategy to decarbonise international shipping, revising the one IMO adopted in 2018. This article analyses how considerations of equity are incorporated into the 2023 strategy. Some of the language included in the 2023 strategy reflects and – sometimes – explicitly refers to principles and norms of the international climate change regime. This article aims to shed light on the meaning of a just and equitable energy transition of international shipping on the basis of its understanding of the international climate change regime.