Real resilience isn’t about securing more, but needing less 🔥

As more sectors compete for the same critical minerals, the EU's focus is on securing greater supply.

But, what's a better path for the EU?
- Reduce demand
- use fewer materials
- rethink key sectors

Read more: bit.ly/3PY7K8l

India hits pause on offshore mining auction restart India does not plan to go ahead with auctioning deep-sea mining rights due to a lack of technological preparedness and expectations of a weak response from pote

India offered 13 offshore blocks for #DeepSeaMining. Result?
📉 Zero bids
⏳ Multiple extensions
❌ Auction paused

Markets are sending a clearer signal than some policymakers: this industry is not ready, at all!

#DefendTheDeep

Honoured to speak at the French Perm Rep in Brussels on why #DeepSeaMining needs a timeout. ⏸️🌊

We barely understand the deep ocean, yet some are ready to industrialise it. That makes no sense.

Give science the space to catch up 🔬
Give nature the benefit of the doubt 🐙
#DefendTheDeep

Dozens of deep-sea species discovered as new crustaceans named | Natural History Museum Twenty-four new species of crustaceans have been discovered as part of a project to name 1,000 deep-sea animals by 2030

Scientists just discovered 24 new species in one of the least explored parts of the planet - the #DeepSea.

Same place some companies want to start #DeepSeaMining.

🎥 Across the Mediterranean small-scale fishers see the value of #MarineProtectedAreas for healthier ecosystems & more resilient fisheries 🐟.
But weak enforcement risks undermining them. #CommonFisheriesPolicy needs to be fully implemented✅.
👉 seas-at-risk.org/publications... #RethinkFisheries

🎥 Join our webinar 'Red Lines in the Abyss' (15/04)!

💰 #DeepSeaMining is facing growing financial pushback: 82 institutions (€24tn) have raised concerns or restrictions. What does this mean for the industry’s future?

Register🔗 seas-at-risk.org/events/webin...

#KeepItInTheSeabed #DefendTheDeep

New report out today: the maths of #DeepSeaMining don’t add up. Even the industry’s most hyped projects are now being called economically unviable.

Maybe it’s time to stop gambling with the ocean and invest in solutions that actually work. 🌊

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How deep-sea mining is growing China’s influence in the Pacific China’s oceanographic fleet — the largest in the world — may serve strategic, military-use purposes.

🌊 #DeepSeaMining or something more?

A new investigation finds China’s “research” vessels spend just ~6% of their time in potential mining areas. The other time may be used to gather data useful for tracking #Submarines and #SubSeaCables. 👀

Worrying how the #DeepSea is getting too geopolitical! ❗

Op-Ed: “Do EU Law and the Precautionary Principle Have Anything to Say on Deep-Sea Mining in the Area? A Potential Additional Normative Layer for the EU and its Member States” - EU Law Live Introduction ‘Brussels should move quickly to agree on an international rule book on the extraction of critical minerals in international waters.’ These words, addressed in February 2026 to European d...

New legal analysis out: #EU law may not just allow a Pause on #DeepSeaMining… it could even require one.🌊

Legal experts argue this is the way to apply the #PrecautionaryPrinciple in face of scientific and governance uncertainty.

#DefendTheDeep

HIRING: Consultant on Decarbonising Road Transport Beyond Mining-Intensive Pathways! 🚗⚡

For a report on cutting #CriticalRawMaterial demand in EU road transport.

Experts in transport/climate policy, mobility systems & resource governance invited to apply by 19/04.

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1/3 The International Seabed Authority Council ends without a Mining Code amid industry compliance concerns.

Unresolved issues ranged from environmental safeguards and liability to inspection, compliance, and benefit-sharing.

ISA COUNCIL ENDS WITHOUT MINING CODE AMID INDUSTRY COMPLIANCE CONCERNS - DSCC Two weeks of International Seabed Authority (ISA) Council negotiations have concluded with no mining approved and no Mining Code adopted. Unresolved issues ranged from environmental safeguards and lia...

#ISA talks end with no #DeepSeaMining Code, and the gaps are now impossible to ignore. 🌊

Pushing ahead under these conditions is not responsible governance. It is a clear risk to the ocean.🚨

A #moratorium is the only credible path to fix this before damage is done. 🌍🐙 #DefendTheDeep

Company that wants to mine ocean floor says it may have 'overstated' its growth potential British Columbia Securities Commission asked a Vancouver company to take down promotional materials and review others for balance. Read on

Plot twist 🌊😅 A #DeepSeaMining company just formally walked back its own lofty growth claims. 📉Meanwhile the space gets more crowded with bold claims shiny decks and recycled buzzwords. ✨

#DefendTheDeep

Beyond Extraction: Pathways for a 1.5°C-aligned Energy Transition with Less Minerals - Greenpeace International This global research - the first of its kind - shows that we can power an ambitious energy transition without sacrificing crucial ecosystems - whether on land or at sea.

A 1.5°C future does NOT mean mining everything in sight 🌍⛏️Turns out, we already have the tools to cut mineral demand:

♻️ recycle more
⚡ use materials more efficiently
🔄 redesign systems to need less

Thanks @greenpeace.org for the new report!

#CircularEconomy #DemandReduction

#34: Ed Nedelciu and the Growth Paradigm in Deep Sea Mining YouTube video by Elements of Deep Sea Mining

Great discussion on whether #DeepSeaMining is needed in the first place. #KeepItInTheSeabed

💥 Out today: #DeepSeaMining, which has not even started, is already struggling to secure finance.

As governments meet at the International Seabed Authority, the signal is clear. 🌊 Governments should follow the markets.
#DefendTheDeep #Moratorium

💰 #DeepSeaMining is a high-risk gamble.

⚠️ Never proven at commercial scale
📉 Price drops could erase profits
🏦 ~80 financial institutions have raised concerns

As the ISA Council starts today, the message is clear.

🔗 seas-at-risk.org/wp-content/u... #DefendTheDeep #KeepItInTheSeabed

⚖️The global system to regulate #DeepSeaMining isn’t ready.

Key rules under the International Seabed Authority are still unresolved - and science can’t yet define “acceptable harm” in the deep sea. ❌That’s why momentum is growing globally for a moratorium.

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🌍 #DeepSeaMining risks more geopolitical tension, rather than boost mineral security.

⚠️ No proven supply chain
🌐 Relies on existing players
📉 Too speculative to reshape supply
Real resilience = less demand + more recycling ♻️
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@deepseaconserve.bsky.social

The US unilateral #DeepSeaMining plans "risk undermining the legal order at sea" says top EU diplomat today as European ocean experts meet in Brussels. Great to hear this strong EU response! #DefendTheDeep

🌱 Is #DeepSeaMining needed for the #GreenTransition?

No - it’s a false solution.

🔋 New batteries reduce demand
♻️ Recycling & reuse are growing
📉 Smarter use could cut demand by 58%

Don’t let it distract from real solutions.

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@deepseaconserve.bsky.social

🌊 Next week, countries meet again to decide the future of the #DeepSea. 👉Yet, many of the #DeepSeaMining claims are myths.

That’s why we’re launching a series of material to cut through the hype and bring science, economics & facts back into the debate. 🌍💰

#KeepItInTheSeabed #DefendTheDeep

Trans-Tasman Resources rejects the Fast Track panel's findings - but the evidence against seabed mining is crystal clear - Greenpeace Aotearoa Trans-Tasman Resources has withdrawn its Fast Track application to mine the seabed off Taranaki. Read the evidence of the experts who submitted for Greenpeace on how seabed mining would impact marine ...

🌊 Another day, another #DeepSeaMining reality check.

A New Zealand panel recently said no to mining off Taranaki. The company disagrees… but facts and science remain stubborn things. 🐋🌏💙@greenpeace.org
#DefendTheDeep #KeepItInTheSeabed #Aotearoa

Ocean campaigners urge EU to stick to deep-sea mining moratorium | Euractiv Warning comes after the head of the International Seabed Authority lobbied officials in Brussels

#EU, don’t let bullies bend your compass! 🌊🛑 Let’s not cave just because someone’s got a loud voice and a bigger wallet.

Cited in @euractiv.com urging the EU to stick to the #DeepSeaMining moratorium. #DefendTheDeep #KeepItInTheSeabed

International Seabed Authority chief urges EU to back deep-sea mining rules | Euractiv Leticia Reis de Carvalho warns high seas at risk without swift agreement

Spilled some coffee today when I realised the #ISA leadership now doing a full-on roadshow to sell the #EU a #DeepSeaMining code… 🤿💰 All this without the science and so many unresolved questions. 📉🌊

Being bullied by the US? That’s not EU leadership. 🐙⚖️🌍 #DefendTheDeep #KeepItInTheSeabed

The retreating #Arctic ice sheet is not an invitation to rush in. ❗

Happy to have been invited to the #ArcticFrontiers to talk about why the Arctic needs a pause on #DeepSeaMining. 🌊We cannot afford to open a new frontier for escalation. #KeepItInTheSeabed #DefendTheDeep

The hidden money behind deep-sea mining A DW investigation traces the hidden financial web behind deep-sea mining — an industry scientists say remains poorly understood, yet capable of causing irreversible harm to oceans worldwide.

🌊🕵️‍♂️ The #DeepSea is full of mysteries… and so is the money behind trying to mine it. Hidden deals, secret investors and an ocean on the line. 💰🐙 Now some of that murky world has been exposed by @serdar-vardar.bsky.social. #DeepSeaMining #DefendTheDeep

Delayed Anthropocene in the deep-sea biosphere: a last paradise soon lost? Abstract. The deep sea remains a last paradise and the place of minimal human impacts compared with other ecosystems. However, this pristine status is rapi

✨The #DeepSea lives in a "delayed Anthropocene".⏳
Less touched, less altered - a rare exception on a changed planet.🌍

But that window is closing.

#DeepSeaMining and marine carbon dioxide removal #mCDR could soon rewrite this story. 🛑

🌊 For once, we still have time to choose care over damage.

#wildwest #deepsea #deepseamining #commonheritageofhumankind #trump #tmc #isa #unclos #multilateralism #moratorium #marineprotection #internationallaw #noaa #precautionaryprinciple #oceanpolicy… | Sim... 🌊💥 The #WildWest of the #DeepSea 💥🌊 What we feared… has happened. Today, the US streamlined its #DeepSeaMining permit process, allowing companies to apply for exploration AND extraction at the same ...

The #Trump administration is signaling once again that rules, caution and global cooperation don’t matter. Now it's the #DeepSea that is on the line. Time to #KeepItInTheSeabed and #DefendTheDeep!

What next for the High Seas Treaty as it enters into force? Here’s what you need to know about the first international agreement focused on protecting marine biodiversity in international waters

For the first time ever, we finally have real rules for the ocean’s “Wild West”. It’s legally binding as of last weekend, and the real work is just getting started. Treaty unlocked - now let’s make it count! 💙📜 #HighSeas #BBNJ #BBNJAgreement #OceanTreaty #HighSeasTreaty #BlueLeaders