Nauru’s President urged global leaders at the UNGA79 to address climate change, financial inequality, and deep-sea mineral management, emphasising international cooperation and the need for urgent reforms
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Nauru highlights microplastics risks in Nairobi
Nauru, representing PSIDS, stressed the urgent need to address the global risks from microplastics to marine ecosystems, environment, and human health, urging a treaty banning plastics with intentionally added microplastics
Why has a Canadian company partnered with the tiny island of Nauru to fast-track deep-sea mining?
A leaked video of ocean pollution during a trial by The Metals Company (TMC) has renewed calls for a ban on deep-sea mining
Nauru laments failure and lack of care from “those with real power”
Nauru told world leaders that “people with real power” do not care about communities that will be displaced and destroyed. Many of these communities are in the Pacific region
Amid haggling over deep-sea mining rules, chorus of skepticism grows louder
While many countries appear to support the rapid development of mining regulations, others have expressed concern saying we know too little about the damage that seabed mining would cause
Citizens’ voices needed on disaster risk reduction
Nauru’s Secretary for National Emergency Services hopes to hear the grassroot level of needs in terms of resilience, preparation and recovery at the Disaster Risk Reduction meeting
A gold rush in the deep sea raises questions about the authority charged with protecting it
“The International Seabed Authority is not fit to regulate any activity in international waters,” says a marine geologist
Nauru accused of rushing test for controversial seabed mining
A seabed minerals company has been accused of rushing a landmark mining test in the Pacific.
The Metals Company and ISA slammed over Environmental Impact statement
Pacific and international CSOs call the recent Nauru Ocean Resources Inc. EIS process for The Metals Company “a disingenuous, stage-managed public relations exercise.”
Marine scientists warn plans on ocean mining could be ‘pushed through’ despite ecological risks
Ocean floor could be opened up to deep sea mining from July 2023 despite warnings it could be “catastrophic” for marine life