“How obscene is it that communities (like Pacific islands) with the smallest carbon footprint are paying the steepest price for a crisis we had almost no hand in creating?” Human rights lawyer wrote
Tag: Oceans
Greenpeace slams shock decision to green-light deep sea mining
Greenpeace urges world leaders to step in and put in place a moratorium on deep sea mining to protect the ocean as ISA green-light NORI to begin exploratory mining in the Pacific Ocean
NORI receives ISA recommendation to commence Pilot Nodule collection trials in the Clarion Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean
International Seabed Authority recommended Nauru Ocean Resources Inc to proceed with its planned integrated pilot collection system trials in CCZ of the Pacific Ocean
Plastic pollution could put 2.3 million Pacific Islanders’ livelihoods at stake
Experts say up to 53 million metric tonnes of plastic pollution by 2030 will annually affect the livelihoods of Pacific Islanders
Pacific Ocean Commissioner calls on world to conclude a legal binding agreement on marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction
SG Puna urged all nations of the UN family to conclude a legal binding agreement on marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction
Japan’s nuclear radioactive waste disposal plans are a fundamental breach of Pacific Peoples right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment: Pacific Groups
Pacific Groups describe Japan’s plan to proceed with the nuclear radioactive waste disposal without proper consultation with and consent from governments and people in the wider Pacific as “premature and unconscionable”
Operation Island Chief protects Pacific from illegal fishing
Operation Island Chief completes a 12-day Operation in the Pacific waters to collate, analyse and filter data to improve national and regional surveillance efforts in the High seas
‘Missed opportunity’ as UN session on high seas biodiversity ends without agreement
Samoan delegate representing Pacific at the UN session on high seas biodiversity “disappointed” as negotiation ends without an agreement to protect biodiversity in the high seas
Wave created by Tonga volcanic eruption was nine times taller than any other tsunami
“We are under-prepared for volcanic tsunamis,” says Research author after finding the wave created by Tonga volcanic eruption was among very few tsunamis powerful enough to travel around the globe
Pacific must be central to UN biodiversity treaty
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Treaty should heed the concerns of the Pacific, say experts. “We don’t have the capacity and resources to implement the treaty.”