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At #ISA31, delegates continue their negotiations, focusing on a draft decision relating to financial and budgetary matters. #seabed #mining #OceanGovernance #DeepSeabedNeedsRules
At #ISA31, the Council discusses the recommendations of the Finance Committee with respect to the operationalization of the Economic Planning Commission. #seabed #mining #OceanGovernance #DeepSeabedNeedsRules
At #ISA31, Kenneth Wong, Chair of the Finance Committee, presents the Committee’s report on financial and administrative matters and delegates engage in a discussion, including on the Authority’s budget for 2027-2028. #seabed #mining #OceanGovernance #DeepSeabedNeedsRules
At #ISA31 Wednesday, underwater cultural heritage and the rights and legitimate interests of coastal states took center stage, with delegates devoting the afternoon session to closed-door negotiations on draft decisions Read ➡️ enb.iisd.org/internationa... #deepseamining
Delegates at #ISA31 engage in an informal discussion on the draft decision of the Council relating to the reports of the Chair of the Legal and Technical Commission. #seabed #mining #OceanGovernance #DeepSeabedNeedsRules
Delegates at #ISA31 turn their attention to provisions on underwater cultural heritage, addressing the outcome of intersessional work in an informal working group co-facilitated by the Federated States of Micronesia, Brazil, and Greece. #seabed #mining #OceanGovernance #DeepSeabedNeedsRules
Committing to make the final years of the #2030Agenda count, participants at #HLPF2026 showed the Agenda and its #SDGs have delivered meaningful progress—though uneven and backsliding in some quarters ENB summary ➡️ enb.iisd.org/high-level-p...
At #ISA31, Council members continue their work on the draft exploitation regulations for #seabed #mining, focusing on the rights and interests of coastal states on the basis of intersessional work facilitated by Portugal and Singapore. #OceanGovernance #DeepSeabedNeedsRules
Test and pilot mining as well as compliance and enforcement measures dominated talks at #ISA31 Tuesday, with delegates aiming to build a robust regulatory framework that effectively protects the #Ocean environment from #deepseamining impacts Read ➡️ enb.iisd.org/internationa...
Delegates at #ISA31 resume their work on the draft exploitation regulations for #seabed #mining, focusing on compliance and enforcement measures on the basis of intersessional work facilitated by the Netherlands. #OceanGovernance #DeepSeabedNeedsRules
At #ISA31, Council members hold closed door informal consultations on the draft decision on the report of the Chair of the Legal and Technical Commission and on the provisional measures order delivered by the Seabed Disputes Chamber on 18 July 2026. #OceanGovernance #DeepSeabedNeedsRules #seabed
Delegates at #ISA31 turn their attention to the closure plan, discussing relevant provisions in the draft exploitation regulations for deep-sea #mining on the basis of intersessional work conducted by an informal working group facilitated by Fiji. #OceanGovernance #DeepSeabedNeedsRules #seabed
Delegates at #ISA31 start their day engaging in discussions on test #mining and pilot mining, trying to reconcile divergent views on the basis of intersessional work facilitated by Belgium, China, and Germany. #OceanGovernance #DeepSeabedNeedsRules#seabed
#ISA31 focused Monday on operationalization of the Economic Planning Commission and activities of the interim Director-General of the Enterprise, the commercial arm of the Authority Delegates also approved 3 applications for extension of exploration contracts Read ➡️ enb.iisd.org/internationa...
At #ISA31, delegates turn their attention to three applications for extension of exploration contracts for polymetallic nodules and polymetallic sulphides. #seabed #mining #OceanGovernance #DeepSeabedNeedsRules
At #ISA31, Council members engage in a discussion on the operationalization of the economic planning commission, addressing a draft decision on the election mechanism of its members. #seabed #mining #OceanGovernance #DeepSeabedNeedsRules
At #ISA31, Eden Charles, interim Director General of the Enterprise, presents his report on activities related to the Enterprise, the commercial arm of the International Seabed Authority. #seabed #mining #OceanGovernance #DeepSeabedNeedsRules
At #ISA31, Council President Mayank Joshi (India) guides discussions on the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the decision of the Council in 2025 relating to the reports of the Chair of the Legal and Technical Commission. #seabed #mining #OceanGovernance #DeepSeabedNeedsRules
At #ISA31, Council members are observing a moment of silence for Mexican jurist and former International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) Judge Alonso Gómez-Robledo Verduzco, who passed away on 16 July, 2026. #seabed #mining #OceanGovernance #DeepSeabedNeedsRules
At #ISA31 Friday, the focus was on • protecting the marine environment from #deepseamining impacts, including through regional environmental management plans • setting a policy for whistle-blowing • provisions for effective control of contractors Read ➡️ enb.iisd.org/internationa... #Ocean
Delegates at the #ISA31 Council conclude the first week of negotiations, focusing on issues of effective control, which addresses the relationship between a sponsoring state and a non-state contractor. #seabed #mining #OceanGovernance #DeepSeabedNeedsRules
At #ISA31, Council President Mayank Joshi (India) guides delegates in their discussions on the development of a general policy on whistle-blowing. #seabed #mining #OceanGovernance #DeepSeabedNeedsRules
Delegates at #ISA31 focus on #seabed #mining provisions related to environmental management and monitoring on the basis of the outcome of intersessional work in an informal working group facilitated by Norway. #OceanGovernance #DeepSeabedNeedsRules
After protracted talks and a delayed closing plenary, #OEWG48 delegates agreed on additional guidance to the Replenishment Task Force to inform the replenishment of the Protocol’s Multilateral Fund for 2027–2029, which must be agreed later this year ➡️ enb.iisd.org/montreal-pro...
At #ISA31, delegates address provisions on regional environmental management plans, based on the outcome of intersessional work in an informal working group facilitated by the Netherlands. #seabed #mining #OceanGovernance #DeepSeabedNeedsRules
At #Ozone #OEWG48, Co-Chairs Annie Gabriel (Australia) and Igobe Mbulawa (Botswana), together with Executive Secretary Megumi Seki, brought another successful #MontrealProtocol meeting to a close at 8:39pm. @unepozone.bsky.social
At #Ozone #OEWG48, delegates are working hard to finalize the additional guidance for a supplementary report by the Replenishment Task Force to inform the #MontrealProtocol Multilateral Fund replenishment for 2027–2029, to be agreed at the 38th Meeting of the Parties. @unepozone.bsky.social
At #Ozone #OEWG48, the contact group on ensuring the viability of the #MontrealProtocol considered the timing and length of meetings and compiled a list of questions to be complemented by Parties and answered by the Secretariat ahead of the 38th Meeting of the Parties (MOP38). @unepozone.bsky.social
At #Ozone #OEWG48, Parties are taking stock of proceedings and making further progress towards the 38th Meeting of the Parties in late 2026, including on the replenishment of the #MontrealProtocol Multilateral Fund for 2027-2029. @unepozone.bsky.social