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The world’s largest cruise ship is a climate liability

When Royal Caribbean’s 360-meter-long Icon of the Seas embarks on its first official voyage on 27 January, the journey is sure to make waves. The Icon weighs around 250,000 gross registered tons. It boasts 20 different decks; 40 restaurants, bars and lounges; seven pools; six waterslides and a 55-foot waterfall. Royal Caribbean says its boat will usher in “a new era of vacations.” But the Icon is also doubling down on a negative aspect of cruising’s current era: greenhouse gas emissions.