UN Environment Programme
Climate warning
Climate warning
Wil Sillen
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No agreement on environmental rules for deep-sea mining
A major UN meeting has not led to concrete agreements on how to regulate the mining of minerals at the bottom of the sea. However, this could mean that mining will take place as early as next year.
The summit was held in Kingston, Jamaica. This is the headquarters of the International Seabed Authority (ISA), the United Nations body responsible for mining activities in international waters. Three weeks of meetings alone have not resulted in Member States agreeing on how to protect underwater ecosystems. There is also disagreement about a fair distribution of the proceeds of the extracted raw materials.
2023 to start deep sea mining
The ISA was given the time to draw up rules from July 2021 until mid-2023. This term - the 'two year rule' - was set in motion when Nauru, an island nation in the Pacific, announced its intention to start deep-sea mining. At the end of the consultation period, the countries involved appeared to disagree on the draft rules (670 pages thick) drawn up by the ISA.
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This is a real manifestation of where there is will there is a way, the three weeks were enough to come with deliberate regulations on controlling mining activities on the sea ecosystem. too sad!
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It's hard to imagine that the ocean ecosystem is headed for destruction due to delayed formulation of laws and policies of such activities and it's worrisome that the cost of inaction could be so hefty in the long run. A waste of three weeks and no consensus was reached paints a reflection of a failed body. This is a very crucial climate action that needs no derailment.
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This is terrible... these people are openly ignoring the danger of deep-sea mining
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Our policy markers are failing us. It took WTO 21(!!) years to agree on a statement against ilegal/over-fishing. 21 years. Shameful. Shameful also is the lack of decisiveness and weak drive for action presented by GOs including UN bodies; UN Ocean Conference dominated by talk and little action and now ISA. Thank you for this climate warning. We don’t have time for GO snail 🐌 walk. The Ocean is the solution to a healthy climate and a sustainable future. Deep sea mining without regulations will be a disaster.