Social Media Ideas for Global Ocean Treaty

What will Africa’s story on ocean governance be? Interview with David Willima

Earlier this year, the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement, better known as the High Seas Treaty, entered into force, paving the way for protecting marine life in i...

Trillions within reach, yet governments' Global Tax Treaty draft lets the richest climate polluters off the hook

As the fifth round of negotiations on the Global Tax Treaty – also known as the UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation – opens today in New York, Greenpeace Inter...

Melanesian nations announce intention to create massive ocean reserve corridor

A group of Pacific island nations have agreed to formally establish the Melanesian Ocean Corridor of Reserves (MOCOR), a massive transboundary marine protected area (MPA) that will...

A Golden Chance to Protect the Pacific’s ‘Blue Corridors’

If Albanese is serious about a Pacific COP, he must heed the region’s call on oceans.

Protecting the ocean is a climate story - its governance needs to reflect that

Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) deliver proven biodiversity benefits, but what's less understood is that they are also essential climate infrastructure, writes Oceano Azul Foundation...

OceanMind Launches 'Syndra' at SAFET 2026 to Drive Coordinated Action on World's Marine Governance Commitments

With an early focus on Southeast Asia, the new technical assistance initiative will unite a broad range of partners to turn global fisheries and biodiversity commitments and ambiti...

U.N. report highlights Indigenous knowledge in ocean governance

The world’s oceans are facing mounting pressure from climate change, pollution and unsustainable human activity, according to the United Nations’ Third World Ocean Assessment, a s...

Trump’s deep-sea mining plan flouts international law | Letter

Britain and other signatories to the UN convention on the law of the sea should protest against US proposal to lease seabed for mining, says Guy StandingYour article on Donald Trum...

Regional fisheries agency says US-Pacific Tuna Treaty vital, as it delivers US$50 million boost

The South Pacific Tuna Treaty, also known as the US Tuna Treaty, remains an important partnership for the region, the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency says.

The Ocean Race Atlantic to recognise ocean action

The inaugural edition of The Ocean Race Atlantic 2026 will feature two competitions: one is a transatlantic sailing race for elite offshore racing teams; the other sees those same...

ITLOS Ruling: A Landmark Defense of Freedom of Navigation

In the largest penalty the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) has ever levied, a Special Chamber ruled unanimously against Equatorial Guinea on May 27, 2026, ord...

US moves closer to deep-sea mining near American Samoa with 31.5 million acre lease plan

The United States has moved a step closer to deep-sea mining after the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) proposed auctioning two massive seabed lease areas near American Sam...

The Plastics Treaty Process Needs Greatly Improved Observer Participation at this Critical Point in the Negotiations and...

GENEVA, August 24 (IPS) - In 2022, the United Nations Environment Assembly mandated an Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) to develop a global, legally binding instrumen...

Will Trump Destroy the Deep Oceans?

Seabed mining is a threat to both ecology and the international order.

Pacific foreign ministers to discuss Solomons' idea for regional security treaty

Pacific Islands Forum foreign ministers are to discuss a Solomon Islands proposal for a regional security treaty.

UN tax talks: Global South push for fairer rules as rich nations drag their feet on properly taxing wealthiest polluters

As the fifth round of negotiations concludes at the United Nations in New York, an ambitious Global Tax Treaty – also known as the UN Framework Convention on International Tax Coop...

UN regulator delays deep-sea mining rules, but extends criticized exploration contract

The International Seabed Authority (ISA), the U.N.-associated regulator of seabed mining activities in areas beyond national jurisdiction, has extended a controversial deep-sea min...

IAEA’s Maritime Nuclear Initiative

The United States will host the International High-level Forum of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA’s) groundbreaking Atomic Technologies Licensed for Applications at...

NOAA Seeking Comments For Deep Sea Mining Project

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that a 60-day public comment window is open for a deep-sea mining project. 

US territories hit out at Trump plan to explore deep sea mining in the Pacific

“Our Ocean is Running A Fever”

According to the European Union's Copernicus Climate Monitoring Service, world ocean temperatures hit a record high for July this year. The average ocean temperature for July 202...