A great first step in the EU on plastic pellets today. For those who want to learn more about this huge pollution problem in the EU and beyond, check this out pew.org/3TnXZj9 via The Pew Trusts

I mean the eclipse today was pretty cool, but today was *also* the day that Belize officially submitted its instrument of ratification to the UN and become the 3rd country to formally ratify the #BBNJ agreement. Congratulations, Belize! 🇧🇿🌊🐳

🔜 Less than 1 week until the United Nations convenes to work on a global plastics agreement at #INC4. Delegates have the chance to make history by demanding ambitious and legally binding measures to combat #PlasticPollution. RT to spread the word! pew.org/44c4PMw

Tomorrow, the UN General Assembly #UNGA will vote on establishing a Preparatory Committee for the #BBNJ #HighSeasTreaty. A PrepCom is key for the Treaty to be operational as soon as possible after its entry into force. 📢 We call on all delegations to be present and support. 🧵

BREAKING: 🇪🇺European Parliament adopts recommendation for EU to ratify the United Nations #BBNJTreaty. 🙏 to all involved.

Leadership from the US 🇺🇸is much needed if UN 🇺🇳Treaty being negotiated right now stands any hope of ending plastic pollution #INC4 via NPR npr.org/2024/04/23/124…

Dr Michael Norton easac, who attended the #ISA29 negotiations in March, proves wrong many of the mining industry claims. His conclusion: science supports hitting the pause button on #DeepSeaMining. Daniel M Kammen The Economist #DefendTheDeep impact.economist.com/ocean/ocean-an…

📢 BREAKING: Center for International Environmental Law’ analysis of #INC4 participants reveals exactly who is at the Global #PlasticTreaty talks. Guess what? 🛢️Fossil fuel lobbyists far outnumber national delegations, scientists👩‍🔬, and Indigenous peoples!! #KickPollutersOut #BreakFreeFromPlastic 🧵1/6

🌊🇲🇨✒️ Ocean news! Monaco joins 4 countries in ratifying the #HighSeas treaty. Once ratified by 60 countries, they can begin to determine where to establish marine protected areas on the high seas. #BBNJ

On 7 May, Cambodia has formally accepted the Agreement on #FisheriesSubsidies! 37 more needed to enter the agreement into force. More: bit.ly/4afDMBc #WTOFishCount

On 13 May, Lao PDR officially accepted the Agreement on #FisheriesSubsidies. Ambassador Latsamy Keomany presented the instrument of acceptance to Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. More info: bit.ly/3WYFqEz #WTOFishCount

BREAKING NEWS: And now this from the International Tribunal for the Law of The Sea - The rationale for the ruling on the obligation to protect the marine environment from harmful effects of GHG emissions should equally apply to #deepseamining and deep-sea bottom fisheries!

With his new bell 🔔 the chair of the WTO General Council is rightly ringing in the changes. That should include not waiting for the next ministerial but securing agreements on the critical issues around fisheries subsidies, e-commerce, and investment for development by July 🔔

So glad to see WTO members’ ambition to wrap up the second phase of fisheries subsidies negotiations over the next few months.

Let's revert this trend by improving ocean governance with an effective WTO #fisheriessubsidies agreement, #BBNJ agreement, #GBF #30X30 target, moratorium on sea bed mining, and ecosystem based fisheries management. The decline of fish stocks harms the people that depend on them

Today WTO #Aid4Trade #Barbados delivered a statement on behalf of 35 members calling for conclusion of the #fisheries subsidies negotiations. This was a joint effort with New Zealand. The statement has been hand delivered to Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

To all representatives at the #WTO General Council meeting in Geneva today and tomorrow - the world is watching, and in line with our universally agreed target of SDG14.6, we expect you to do the right thing for people and planet, by agreeing to end harmful fisheries subsidies.

🧠 🫁 🦴 From brain tissue to bone marrow, microplastics have been detected virtually everywhere in the human body. That’s why it’s crucial that a United Nations #PlasticsTreaty include binding measures to cut microplastic pollution. pew.org/4e32bfz

Today Ecuador became the 84th member to ratify the Harmful Fisheries Subsidies Agreement.Congratulations and Thanks to the Government of Ecuador and HE Amb Jose Valencia ⁦Jose Valencia⁩ former chair of the Committee on Trade and Environment. Now we just have 27 to go!!

🧠Microplastics in your brain? Microplastics are everywhere—including our brain tissue. It's critical that negotiators agree on a global plastic treaty that addresses microplastic pollution as they meet in South Korea for #INC5 this week.