What if we could tackle #ClimateChange, boost #Biodiversity & spread new knowledge across the EU? The #RichNorthSea project is experimenting with biodiversity by planting reefs around #OffshoreWind sites - then sharing what works! Clean power & healthy seas for all 🙌 youtu.be/L_2F_GbD4Z4

🫂⚡The wind and sea are shared resources, so communities should be at the core of the #EnergyTransition. The @ec.europa.eu's upcoming #CitizenEnergyPackage must address this and break down barriers to public participation. Let’s make people- & planet-first renewables a reality: youtu.be/9XbHHIORbQo

🌊 On #MPADay, let's remember that most EU MPAs still allow destructive fishing like #BottomTrawling. Real protection means banning harmful practices and ensuring our marine ecosystems can thrive. 🌍🐠 #ProtectedMeansProtected

🌊 Deep-sea mining is still on hold - but so is reform. #ISBA30 saw some steps forward but vital progress was blocked on transparency, safeguards & environmental governance. ✅ No Mining Code ❌ No reform 🌍 38 countries now back a moratorium Read our take: 🔗 seas-at-risk.org/general-news...

Good news from Ireland! ☘️ There's growing momentum to restrict #BottomTrawling, but still a long way to go as the EU continues to allow the seabed to be bulldozed in 'protected' areas. Protection on paper alone isn't enough - real protection means banning bottom trawling in #MarineProtectedAreas.

👋 Are you passionate about bringing the plight of the ocean closer to people and politics? 𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗦𝗿. 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗿! Join the Seas At Risk team and make waves with us! 🌊 ✨ Read more and apply by 31 July! 🔗 seas-at-risk.org/careers/

🔴 The EU’s updated Climate Law falls short of delivering the real solutions needed to reach real zero. The new proposal rely on international carbon offsets and #CDR — approaches that undermine climate ambition and delay real emission cuts. Read more 👇 www.realzeroeurope.org/resources/pr...

🌊 Good news for Danish seas! 🇩🇰 Denmark will create trawl-free areas in 19% of its marine waters, including the entire #BeltSea and key #Natura2000 sites. This is a major step for vulnerable seabed ecosystems, oxygen-depleted fjords & #marinebiodiversity 👏 🔗 seas-at-risk.org/press-releas...

🥳 #OSPAR ministers have agreed to ban harmful exhaust gas cleaning systems (aka #Scrubbers) discharges in North-East Atlantic waters 🌊 💪 Now it is time to push forward with a full ban on scrubber discharges in territorial waters Read on to find out more: seas-at-risk.org/press-releas...

A successful & just transition to #RenewableEnergy needs community engagement at its core. Join us for our panel discussion on Thursday to learn from some leaders on the people-first approach to #OffshoreRenewables! Haven't registered yet? 🎟️ 👇 www.eventbrite.com/e/1389404569...

🌊 20 NGOs have signed an open letter to Environment ministers @ OSPAR to ban scrubber discharges from ships & protect marine life from harmful shipping pollution. 🐟 Banning toxic water is a crucial step to protect biodiversity & drive #shipping's #green transition seas-at-risk.org/publications...

🌊🐟 Stand with our German member @bund.net to protect the wonderful #Doggerbank protected area! ✍️Sign and share the #DoggerbankPetition to defend this #MarineProtectedArea from the destruction produced by bottom trawl nets. Let's make a difference together! 🌍👉aktion.bund.net/doggerbank

🙌 We are proud to share that we've joined the Offshore Coalition for Energy and Nature, working to advocate for policies that balance #OffshoreWind and energy grids with marine protection. ⚖️ 🌊 🔗 Read the full announcement 👉 offshore-coalition.eu/ocean-welcom... @renewablesgrid.bsky.social

How can the EU and Member States accelerate the #renewables transition while keeping local communities at its core? 🇪🇺 📅 26 June: Join us for a panel (& breakfast 😏) as we discuss centring community engagement in #OffshoreWind projects 🌬️ Learn more & register now: seas-at-risk.org/events/from-...

The race to save the world's oceans is on. The United Nations Oceans Conference in Nice, France ended today with promises from world leaders to ratify a global, binding agreement to help protect the world’s oceans by September.

🌊 The EU's ocean reputation took a hit at #UNOC. While #BottomTrawling ravages Marine Protected Areas, most EU leaders offered little more than lip service. 🛑 #OurOcean deserves better. 🔗 Full story: seas-at-risk.org/press-releas... #ProtectedMeansProtected #BanBottomTrawling

Spain’s Fisheries Minister 🎣 used the UN Ocean Conference (#UNOC) to defend #BottomTrawling - right as others discuss ocean protection. While some countries are banning trawling in protected areas, Spain drags its feet. EU nature laws exist. It’s time to enforce them. efeagro.com/pesca-arrast...

Portugal made a major step towards #30x30 by expanding an MPA with a % fully protected! 🤩💙 Meanwhile, EU leaders at #UNOC3 are all talk and no action… 🥱 Read the full PR from our member @sciaena-ngo.bsky.social here: www.sciaena.org/en/sciaena-c... #ProtectedMeansProtected

We’re here at #UNOC3 🎉 One of our top asks to @ec.europa.eu is to get a legally binding #OceanAct out of the #OceanPact - a message our Exec Director shared with @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu & Commissioner Kadis🤝 Their presence here sets the right tone that #OurOcean needs all the attention it can get.

Over 2500 participants 👯‍♀️🕺🤾🧜‍♀️ joined the #BlueMarch in Nice for #UNOC3! Citizens and civil society are calling on politicians to truly protect #MarineProtectedAreas and take more concrete actions for our ocean! 🌊 #ProtectedMeansProtected #MPAs #UNOC3

Today's final #OceanPact contains: ✅ The good (no to #DeepSeaMining) ❌ The bad (weak commitment on funding) 💩 And the ugly (no action to #BanBottomTrawling in MPAs) The #OceanAct is promising & could pave the way for a healthy ocean, but *only* if it's bold & binding. #UNOC3

We are tired of hearing the same old Cormorant-diss track😡 Today, at the Conference on 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴, we heard the same blame-game song lines we have been hearing since the 70ies. #Cormorants were blamed for fish stock decline instead of the real culprits

⚠️The ocean is in crisis and we’re calling for urgent action NOW. Will world leaders at #UNOC3 answer? 📲On June 7, we’ll be marching because life on land and at sea depends on it. Join us at the #BlueMarch2025. 🌊 bluemarch2025.org

📢Marine NGOs filed a legal complaint against the @ec.europa.eu. Destructive fishing practices in #MPAs, like #BottomTrawling, violate nature laws & endanger the ocean. NGOs urge the EC to take infringement action. #ProtectedMeansProtected #UNOC3 👉 seas-at-risk.org/press-releas...

2 former EU Commissioners join calls on their successor Costas Kadis to ensure his #OceansPact is bold & binding to address the threats #OurOcean faces. With #UNOC just days away all eyes are on him to show the EU can be the leader the ocean 🌊 & planet 🌍 so badly need euobserver.com/green-econom...

We're going to #UNOC3 in Nice! ☀️🇫🇷 Catch us from 7–12 June at key events on ocean action, starting with the #BlueMarch2025💙 Full schedule: seas-at-risk.org/events/sar-u... #SARatUNOC

🌊 The upcoming European #OceanPact must secure a sustainable, low-impact blue economy that supports both the environment & local communities. A healthy ocean means a healthier future for everyone. Let's make it happen before it's too late #BlueManifesto #EUOceanPact

Check out the evaluation of EU MS’ progress on the #NatureRestaurationLaw, a key law to bring healthy seas back to the EU! 👉 www.restorenature.eu/en/our-work-... Next important milestone: #UNOC3. Looking forward to strong MS' commitments on #OceanProtection! #BiodiversityDay #RestoreNature

Happy #BiodiversityDay! EU seas & oceans are rich in habitats &marine life. But #MPAs are under threat from destructive fishing practices. We call on the European Commission to take action to truly preserve protected species. It's time to ensure that #ProtectedMeansProtected! ©DimitrisPoursanidis

As European Maritime Day kicks off, 65+ NGOs joined forces to urge EU leaders to step up the #OceanPact Led by @clientearth.bsky.social Seas At Risk, @oceanaeurope.bsky.social @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social @surfridereurope.bsky.social & @wwf.eu Read more here: seas-at-risk.org/general-news...

Let’s be honest: Leaders are failing the ocean. And time is running out. ⏳ 🌊The ocean needs bold action – now – and #UNOC3 is the world’s chance to deliver. Join us in Nice at the #BlueMarch2025 and demand true blue action. bluemarch2025.org

Last week, @europarl.europa.eu's #ENVICommittee overwhelmingly supported the plastic pellets regulation 🙌 Clearly, the EU is ready to lead by example to #BeatPelletPollution, & stop future disasters like the one on Spanish coasts shown in @ecologistasenaccion.org's new doc 📽️👀👇

🌊 How can cross-border #MaritimeSpatialPlanning balance nature & energy needs? ⚖️ Join us + @Umwelthilfe in Nice 🇫🇷 during #UNOC3 for Beyond Borders: an evening of insight, debate & networking on #OffshoreWind, #MSP & more! 🎟️ Programme & registration: www.eventbrite.com/e/beyond-bor...

⚠️ Today is #EndOfFishDay in the EU🐟 As of today, the EU has theoretically exhausted its domestic seafood production for the year & from now until the end of 2025 will rely on imported fish & other seafood products. #RethinkFisheries Read our #PressRelease 👉 seas-at-risk.org/press-releas...

BREAKING🚨: Luxembourg becomes the 33rd country calling for a moratorium on #DeepSeaMining. With science, markets, and public opinion against it, the message is clear: DSM is unwanted, unnecessary, and unacceptable. #DefendTheDeep #StopTheMachines www.chd.lu/fr/question/...

“The Romssa-Tromsø Statement issued by @arcticcouncil.bsky.social is a missed opportunity to acknowledge the impact that global climate heating is having on the Arctic, which is warming four times faster than anywhere else on earth" @sianprior.bsky.social

📢Today representatives of small-scale fishers, scientists, citizens & civil society handed in a petition to Costas Kadis - EU Commissioner for the Ocean - signed by +250K European citizens calling to #EndBottomTrawling in #MPAs. 🐠 #ProtectedMeansProtected 👉 seas-at-risk.org/press-releas...

🚨 The leaked EU #OceansPact is a masterclass in smoke & mirrors, its 'actions' mainly a repackaging of existing agreements. Without binding measures the Pact will be more flop than framework. @ec.europa.eu has until 04/06 to fix this. #BackToTheDrawingBoard #BlueManifesto @l-guillot.bsky.social

This #DeepDay, let’s celebrate science and Indigenous knowledge—and act on what that tells us. The deep sea is under threat from destructive mining. Let knowledge, not exploitation, shape our ocean’s future. Join the call for a global moratorium. DefendTheDeep.org

We stand with the European Justice Foundation & other NGOs in calling on the EC to launch infringement proceedings against France, Germany, & Italy for allowing harmful #BottomTrawling in #MPAs. It's time to truly protect #MPAs! 🐠🌊🪸#ProtectedMeansProtected 🧑‍⚖️ ejfoundation.org/news-media/e...

Our #DeepSeaMining expert, @simonholmstrom.bsky.social: "The international deep sea is not a money-making treasure trove for any one country or corporation, it is the common heritage of humankind." And he's right. 🙌

First 🇺🇸 Donald Trump signs exec order to fast-track #DeepSeaMining. Then, @themetalsco.bsky.social files to start mining in intl waters. Now, the EU 🇪🇺 is making it clear: the intl seabed is not up for grabs and intl law is not optional - it's binding. We need a moratorium now before it's too late!⏳

🗞️ The new Ecodesign Working Plan is out - but it falls short of promises. The plan unveiled today by the @ec.europa.eu is an important first step towards making products sustainable by design, yet it does not live up to the hard-won promises in the EU #Ecodesign law. 🧵👇

The EU’s 5-year #Ecodesign (#ESPR) work plan is out 🥳 But excluding footwear, plastics, paints & chemicals risks more #microplastics in the ocean. Every 👞 product 🛞 counts 🎨. Postponing action today means more pollution tomorrow. 👀 Read more: seas-at-risk.org/press-releas...

📢New report shows that the current EU fisheries policy favours large-scale industry to the detriment of small-scale & low-impact fisheries. 🎣🐟 We call on Commissioner Costas Kadis to take action to fully enforce EU law! #OceansPact #RethinkFisheries #Pressrelease 👉 seas-at-risk.org/press-releas...

🧵⛴️⛽🌊🥳Press release from @cleanarctic.bsky.social: Atlantic Shipping Emissions Cut Agreed, But @imohq.bsky.social Scrubber Ban Delayed bit.ly/mepc83caa2

Climate ambition falls short at the IMO but strong voices rise. 🌍 💪 Even the most basic 2030 climate targets weren't reached, but there's hope: a united voice from African, Caribbean, and Pacific nations shows that the fight for climate ambition is far from over... seas-at-risk.org/press-releas...

🌬️ Bringing wind to the @imohq.bsky.social : Philippe TABAROT shows Arsenio Dominguez that wind is the future of shipping. It can: ✅ deliver on energy saving goals ✅ Bring us closer to GHG emission goals ✅ Save money It's clear that wind's time is now! #Shipping #GreenShipping

⚓ Talks from the @imohq.bsky.social have seen the US pushing back against carbon pricing, but as we told @politico.com, this is not the United States of Shipping 🌍 The other delegates are rolling up their sleeves and working towards a path to cleaner shipping. 🌊💪 www.politico.eu/article/dona...