“Rather than exploiting a precious ecosystem... we can start by looking at the materials that have already been mined, and at the swift progress of new technology which doesn’t rely on deep-sea minerals.”

Steve Trent on critical minerals 📝
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Sofía S. Manzanaro Olivier Charles Mared Gwyn Nicolas Gros-Verheyde Andrea Valdambrini Wolfgang Hansson Karin Axelsson Seafood linked to these vessels is potentially entering global markets.

More attention must be paid to 🇨🇳's DWF and fisheries investments in the SWIO by the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission, coastal, market, port and flag states and, most of all, by the Chinese government.

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Open letter to Wael Sawan, CEO of Shell plc via @greenpeaceuk greenpeace.org.uk/resources/shel…

Experience? We are poorer, more divided, less influential, more unhappy, less safe & more uncertain - all courtesy of a decade plus of Tory rule. They have failed by every measure. Excuses of “events” hold no water. Incompetent, unreliable, unelectable. theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

Shark finning and physical abuse of crew are just some of the crimes we found in our investigation of the Chinese distant-water fleet.

🇨🇳 and market states must do more to hold perpetrators accountable and ensure products linked to these abuses do not make it to supermarkets.

Thailand has established itself as a leader on sustainable, ethical and legal seafood.

Ripping up fisheries legislation now would undo this hard-won progress, directly harming fishers, rebounding fish populations and precious ocean ecosystems.

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If you're with us in demanding Dove stop their harmful pollution and toxic greenwashing, please add your name to our open letter. Every signature sends them a clear message: the world is watching, and greenwashing won't be tolerated.

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Bangkok Post - Revoke the licence to kill our oceans bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinio…

Bangkok Post correctly hammers PM Srettha Srettha Thavisin gov't & coalition parties who are proposing to re-introduce legal provisions that facilitate human trafficking & rights abuses, & given green light to harmful IUU fishing practices. EU Maritime & Fish European External Action Service - EEAS 🇪🇺 Human Rights Watch bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinio…

Plans for #DeepSeaMining are 'close to madness' - Jan Erik Saugestad, CEO of @storebrand_no.

The deep sea is one of the last pristine ecosystems – to exploit it would have severe environmental and economic consequences.

Financial institutions are recognising the risks 🎬

The world has never been closer to breaking the 1.5ºC limit, says World Meteorological Organization.

2023 was the hottest year on record, accelerating extreme weather that is pushing people and planet to the brink.

World leaders must heed the warnings 🚨 and take #ClimateActionNow .
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Leadership for our deep ocean and all peoples from Costa Rica

The victory of an evil, violent, brutal man. Call him out: war criminal, mafia boss, murderer. #StandWithUkraine theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

#DeepSeaMining would enrich companies from richer Western countries at the expense of people in developing states.

This pursuit of profit would destroy the sacred and cultural connections people have with the ocean.

📝 Steve Trent in RISE UP - A Blue Call To Action:
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Despite attempts by Germany, France, Italy and others to frustrate its adoption, Member States have been able to salvage a deal.

However, #CSDDD ’s new scope has been narrowed and will severely limit the positive impacts of these new rules, applying only to the largest companies.

Good news! Yesterday, EU governments approved an import ban that would help stop products linked to forced labor from entering the EU. Read Andrew Stroehlein’s Daily Brief, with quotes from Chloe Cranston and Steve Trent: hrw.org/the-day-in-hum…

Good news! Yesterday, EU governments approved an import ban that would help stop products linked to forced labor from entering the EU. Read Andrew Stroehlein’s Daily Brief, with quotes from Chloe Cranston and Steve Trent: hrw.org/the-day-in-hum…

'Deep-sea mining would disrupt precious marine ecosystems and wipe out irreplaceable wildlife... It would enrich companies from richer Western countries at the expense of people in developing states', writes Steve Trent for RISE UP - A Blue Call To Action: riseupfortheocean.org/deep-sea-decis…

In the Hawaiian Indigenous culture, the deep ocean is a respected ancestor to preserve.

In a new RISE UP blog, Environmental Justice Foundation Steve Trent urges #ISA29 delegates to listen to Indigenous & coastal communities and adopt a moratorium on #DeepSeaMining :
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