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Mar 12, 2025From Commitments to Action: A vision for the European Ocean PactReadThe ocean is increasingly under threat from destructive and illegal practices, both within and beyond Europe. The EU has the necessary tools to protect the ocean from these threats, but they are not fully implemented or enforced.
The European Ocean Pact must outline actions to ensure the effective implementation of EU laws aimed at combating illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and protecting marine biodiversity, while preventing emerging threats such as deep-sea mining.
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Oct 10, 2024EU Commission's Reply to NGOs' Concerns about DSMReadThe EU will continue to advocate for prohibiting deep-sea mining until these scientific gaps are properly filled
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Sep 17, 2024NGOs' Concerns Regarding References to Deep Sea Mining in Mario Draghi's Report: The Future of European CompetitivenessReadNGOs urge European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to maintain the Commission's standpoint on deep-sea mining and, in line with the precautionary principle, continue to call for a global moratorium on deep-sea mining.
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Jan 09, 2024Critical minerals and the green transition: do we need to mine the deep seas?ReadProponents of deep-sea mining contend it is needed to fill a future gap in the supply of critical minerals required for the clean energy transition. This briefing explains why this argument is flawed.
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Jun 21, 2023Critical Raw Materials Regulation: Opening the EU door to materials exploited from the deep sea?ReadThe Critical Raw Materials Regulation must not inadvertently or by design open the door to commercial deep-sea mining. Consistent with the precautionary principle, this new EU law should prevent the extraction, processing and import of critical raw materials exploited from the deep sea, unless the available scientific evidence establishes that deep-sea mining does not risk harming biodiversity and marine ecosystems or disrupting the oceanic carbon cycle.
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May 16, 2023The perils of deep-sea mining: A briefing for financial institutionsReadInvesting in deep-sea mining should be seen as extremely high-risk given threats to biodiversity, unpredictable demand, unproven technology, the risk of litigation and reputational risk.
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Mar 16, 2023Statement to the Council of the International Seabed AuthorityReadThe ISA Council must implement a moratorium on deep-sea mining to prevent irreversible harm to marine environments, ocean wildlife and environmental justice.
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Mar 07, 2023Towards the abyss: how the rush to deep-sea mining threatens people and our planetReadDeep-sea mining threatens to significantly disturb the delicate environment of the deep sea, with devastating consequences for life on Earth. It must be stopped.
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Mar 07, 2023Towards the abyss: how the rush to deep-sea mining threatens people and our planet - summary briefingReadThis summary briefing outlines the findings of "Into the abyss: how the rush to deep-sea mining threatens people and planet", calling for a stop to deep-sea mining.
