22 Mar 2024

Greenpeace in trouble with the UN following protest

From , 6:03 am on 22 March 2024
Greenpeace International activists from around the world have paddled and protested around MV COCO, a specialized offshore drilling vessel currently collecting data for deep sea mining frontrunner, The Metals Company, on its last expedition before it files the world’s first ever application to mine the seabed in the Pacific Ocean.

Greenpeace activists protesting around MV Coco, a specialised vessel collecting data for The Metals Company in November 2023. Photo: Supplied / Greenpeace / Martin Katz

After boarding a ship to initiate an anti-mining protest last year, Greenpeace could be removed from the UN deep-sea mining body.

The boarded vessel, owned by The Metals Company, was carrying out research in the Pacific's Clarion-Clipperton Zone.

The company claims the actions disrupted research and was dangerous. 

The UN's International Seabed Authority 29th council meeting is underway this week in Kingston, Jamaica, where governments will discuss the protest that Greenpeace took part in. 

NRZ Pacific's Caleb Fotheringham spoke with Louisa Casson who heads Greenpeace's International -- Stop Deep Sea Mining campaign, about the protest.