03 Dec 2024
Norway has paused its controversial project to open up its seabed for commercial-scale deep-sea mining. Oslo had planned to let companies apply to mine 280,000 sq km (108,000 sq miles) of its waters for precious metals – an area equivalent to Italy – situated between Svalbard and Jan Mayen Island in the Arctic region. The […]
03 Dec 2024
Three leading keynote speakers have been announced for the Coastal Futures 2025 conference. Coastal Futures is the UK’s largest annual gathering of coastal and marine practitioners. The 2025 programme will include six sessions across two-days, covering the big issues and shining a light on future trends. The acting CEO of the Marine Management Organisation, Michelle […]
03 Dec 2024
The UK has called for views on changes to its emissions trading system (ETS) that could see the shipping sector join its carbon market from 2026. Britain’s ETS is part of its wider efforts to meet climate targets and was launched in 2021 to replace its participation in the European Union’s ETS after it left […]
03 Dec 2024
A third of sharks, rays, and chimaeras are threatened with extinction, says a new landmark report. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has released a report, Global Status of Sharks, Rays and Chimaeras, that highlights new knowledge compiled by 353 experts from 115 countries and stresses the urgent need to address overfishing and bycatch […]
26 Nov 2024
Global shipping routes overlap 92% of large-whales habitats and are a leading threat to their survival, but protecting whales in the most dangerous collision hotspots would require action over just 2.6% of the ocean’s surface, potentially saving thousands of whales with minimal disruption to global trade. However, currently less than 7% of global hotspots for whale-ship collisions have protection measures in place. […]
26 Nov 2024
The 43rd annual meeting of the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) – which includes the European Union, representatives from Denmark in respect of the Faroe Islands and Greenland, Iceland, Norway, the United Kingdom and the Russian Federation – concluded recently. NEAFC cited significant challenges in securing consensus among its members as the meeting came to a close, grappling […]
26 Nov 2024
“The UK Government is here to ensure that nature is high on the agenda at COP29. Half of the global economy depends on nature, and we must protect nature not only for its own sake but also for the sake of humans,” said the UK Government’s Nature Minister Mary Creagh, as she announced new funding […]
26 Nov 2024
Hundreds of polar researchers have issued an emergency statement titled “Making Antarctica Cool Again”, calling for urgent action to deal with the impacts of climate change in Antarctica. More than 450 researchers gathered in Hobart for the inaugural Australian Antarctic Research Conference, the first such event in more than a decade. The conference highlighted […]
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