Tag: the Ocean

UN climate talks: Setting sail to plunder the ocean

- Mary Church -

Despite the evident and increasing urgency of the climate crisis, the June intersessional meeting of the UNFCCC closed with little to show for two full weeks of negotiation. With COP29 being cited as ‘the Finance COP’, much of the focus across various agenda items was on ever contested questions of who

Into Abyss: The Scramble for the Ocean Floor the

- James A Michel -

Beneath the vast expanse of the ocean surface lies another world. At first, around the shores, the continental shelf is little more than an extension of the adjoining landmass. But then one reaches the edge of the abyss and, with the sudden drop that follows, everything changes. Remarkably, in view