Pacific Sovereignty being undermined by deep-sea mining and investor agreements

Deep-sea mining (DSM) is increasingly exposing Pacific governments to secretive foreign tribunals that have been used to challenge and overrule government action on climate change and environmental protection in many other countries, according to a new report released today by the Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG).

“This report highlights the very real and serious challenges that Investor-State Dispute Settlement poses to Pacific sovereignty, a threat we are seeing rise through multiple avenues relating to the push for deep-sea mining,” commented PANG’s Deputy Coordinator, Mr Adam Wolfenden.