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Save the High Seas
http://www.savethehighseas.org/momentum-for-a-moratorium/
WWF https://wwf.panda.org/discover/our_focus/oceans_practice/no_deep_seabed_mining/
As of July 1, 2022 at 9am in Lisbon, these are the public commitments on a DSM moratorium:
- Palau launched the Alliance Against Deep Sea Mining
- Fiji joined the alliance
- Samoa joined the alliance
- Tuvalu announced support for the alliance
- Solomon Islands announced support for the alliance
- Chile asked for a 15 year delay on the ISA’s deadline to finalise mining regulations
- On June 30 in Lisbon, France’s President Macron stated “we have to create the legal framework to stop high sea mining”
Open letter: Academics and scholars call for EU binding measures on Microplastics
https://built2biodegrade.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Letter-of-academics-for-binding-measures-on-microplastics-clean.pdf
Study: Outside the Safe Operating Space of the Planetary Boundary for Novel Entities
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c04158
Or if you prefer to read a summary of the study:
Chemical pollution has passed safe limit for humanity, say scientists
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/18/chemical-pollution-has-passed-safe-limit-for-humanity-say-scientists
Ecocide broadly refers to severe and widespread or long-term damage to the environment.
Currently, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) lists four crimes:
- Genocide
- Crimes Against Humanity
- War Crimes
- Crimes of Aggression
Activists are calling for ecocide to be listed as a fifth crime under the Rome Statute.
These countries have publicly declared support for exploring the inclusion of Ecocide Law at the international level: Finland, Canada, Spain, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Vanuatu, Maldives.
At the UN Ocean Conference this week, Kenya also announced that they have submitted to Parliament a landmark legislation that will make ecocide an offence nationally.
Stop Ecocide
https://www.stopecocide.earth/letter-to-elected-representative
Singapore’s national statement at the conference https://www.mfa.gov.sg/Newsroom/Press-Statements-Transcripts-and-Photos/2022/06/20220628-UNOC-NS
UN Web TV (If you wish to watch recordings of the speeches / dialogues)
https://media.un.org/en/webtv
Kate Yeo 
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