Press Releases

Closing the single-use plastic pollution tap requires ambitious targets from national governments

25 February 2019

• Clean ocean
• Ocean plastic pollution

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Ministers head for cliff edge by failing to end overfishing

19 December 2018

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

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EU agrees unprecedented cuts to single-use plastics

19 December 2018

• Clean ocean
• Ocean plastic pollution

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EU Parliament and Commission firm on cutting plastic pollution, governments must follow

26 November 2018

• Clean ocean
• Ocean plastic pollution

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Fisheries ministers disregard legal obligation to end overfishing in the deep sea by 2020

19 November 2018

• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean use

Press Releases

Urgent political will be needed to halt European marine habitat neglect

13 November 2018

• Marine protected areas
• Rewilding the ocean

Press Releases

Shipping emissions talks stall in London

30 October 2018

• Climate and ocean
• Decarbonising shipping

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IMO Progress On Arctic Heavy Fuel Oil Ban Welcomed by Environmental and Indigenous Groups

30 October 2018

• Climate and ocean
• Decarbonising shipping

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European Parliament takes historic stand against single-use plastic pollution. National governments must follow suit, say campaigners

24 October 2018

• Clean ocean
• Ocean plastic pollution

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European Parliament backs Plastics Strategy

13 September 2018

• Clean ocean
• Ocean plastic pollution

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Clean seas, plastic-free beaches and an end to overfishing by 2020? Not with these national measures, the Commission finds

30 July 2018

• Clean ocean
• Low impact fisheries
• Ocean plastic pollution
• Ocean use

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International Seabed Authority annual session fails to address NGO demands

27 July 2018

• Deep sea mining
• Ocean use

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50 NGOs call on world community to protect the deep sea from mining

4 July 2018

• Deep sea mining
• Ocean use

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Environmental groups call for a U-turn on deep sea mining

2 July 2018

• Deep sea mining
• Ocean use

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Victory for the oceans – Commission takes important legal step to protect our seas from the plastic deluge

28 May 2018

• Clean ocean
• Ocean plastic pollution

Press Releases

Commitment to decarbonise shipping is welcome – governments can no longer shirk decisions on how to cut ship GHG emissions

13 April 2018

• Climate and ocean
• Decarbonising shipping

Press Releases

Rethink Plastic Alliance* challenges the European Parliament to ban plastic bottles

11 April 2018

• Clean ocean
• Ocean plastic pollution

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International Maritime Organisation moves to outlaw carriage of high sulphur marine fuel ahead of 2020 usage ban

9 February 2018

• Climate and ocean
• Decarbonising shipping