🔥The 9th Round of Easy Loan, Earn $40 Reward is in progress❗️ ⏰ Promotion Period: January 15th - Feburary 15th, 2025 👉 Register now and check more details at gate.io/campaigns/358

🚫 No proven need. No proven benefit. Only proven RISK. Deep-sea mining would cause irreversible harm to ecosystems and poses serious social & legal risks if it were to go ahead. Voices worldwide have voiced their opposition, saying NO to deep-sea mining. #DefendTheDeep

Thank you to the editors Cambridge International Law Journal (CILJ) and Profes Grosse-Ruse Khan & Ackermann for publishing our article with Universität München's Dr Eva Fischer on 'private rights and public autonomy in sustainable competition law and EU Green Deal measures' Faculty of Law CELS Elgar Law

Happy World Microbiome Day! On this occasion, we take a look back at a workshop co-organised by our partner UWC on April 12. Read the full article and watch the video of the event here: blueremediomics.eu/a-look-back-at…

Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 gov.uk/government/col… collection of guidance from the UK's Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), now that the Data Bill has been passed #DataBill #dataprotection #digitalID #smartdata etc.

"As a matter of existing international human rights obligations, States must urgently phase out fossil fuels, which are the main cause of #climatechange," said SR human rights & climate change, Elisa Morgera Elisa Morgera, presenting her most recent to the United Nations Human Rights Council. #HRC59

🧵1/ TODAY - United Nations Special Rapporteur SR human rights & climate change, Elisa Morgera Morgera presented a historic report to the UN Human Rights Council: The Imperative of Defossilizing Our Economies: bit.ly/3Gl0xuG CIEL welcomes this urgent call to end #FossilFuels. Our press statement: 👉 bit.ly/448p8fn

Everyone at Tennis Scotland is deeply saddened to learn of the death of former national champion Malcolm Watt. Blane Dodds, our CEO and a close friend, said: "It was Malky's sense of making everything better that we will all miss the most." Read more ➡️ ow.ly/kWv250WjR9B

Episode 3 of Think Deep! is OUT NOW 🐙 Hear from Natalya Gallo why the #DeepSea is so important for climate regulation. Listen now on YouTube: youtube.com/playlist?list=… Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/3MB2yispN… Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thi…

The WIPO Assemblies 2025 begin tomorrow! Take a look behind the scenes as we prepare to welcome some 1,600 delegates from around the world. More: ow.ly/BLxz50WlNL2 #wipoGA

📢 This week, the next phase of #pandemicaccord discussions begins. 💉An intergovernmental working group (IGWG) will meet to discuss the process to develop the Pathogen Access and Benefits (PABS) annex. 🚪As far as we can understand, the meeting is not open to stakeholders.

🌊 This week, DOSI is in Kingston, Jamaica for Part II of the 30th Session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) #ISA30 The focus? Continuing negotiations on #DeepSeaMining regulations—a pivotal moment for the future of the #DeepOcean.

I have blogged, about my recently published paper on dealing in tainted cultural property and Scots law (plus other papers from the Heritage in War and Peace IV conference that Strathclyde hosted in December 2024). basedrones.wordpress.com/2025/07/08/sel…

A new report from the Royal Society of Edinburgh and Prosper warns that Scotland’s long-standing productivity challenge will not be solved without focused support for the 'missing middle' of Scottish businesses insider.co.uk/news/support-m…

At #WIPOAssemblies South Centre calls for a balanced IP regime that supports development, links to #SDGs & preserves national policy space. We back the GRATK Treaty, TK & TCE negotiations & a Development Acceleration Fund: southcentre.int/south-centre-s… #GlobalSouth #IPforDevelopment

In a new release of our interview series, Global Yaadie talks to Damion Whyte & our Caribbean Regional Coordinator Leneka Terika Scott about why the BBNJ Treaty is important for Jamaica and broadly for the Caribbean region. Full interviews: youtube.com/watch?v=V5MhKA… #RaceForRatification

The University will share in new AHRC doctoral funding to support innovative research into the role of bilingual and rural communities in the creative economy, with a focus on regions often overlooked in national creative strategies abdn.io/1xO

Identifying life in the deep ocean 🪸🔍 Professor Kerry Howell is currently aboard @OceanX’s ship the Ocean Explorer, supporting deep-sea exploration in partnership with the Cape Verdean government.

My latest editorial discusses trends and transformations across the #ConventionOnBiologicalDiversity and #WIPO regimes. The equitable governance of information remains a work in progress amidst continuing technological evolution: link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s…

In a new interview series, recorded during the Jamaica screening of David Attenborough’s film OCEAN, @globalyaadie’s Dainalyn Swaby discussed the role of youth in ocean protection with experts in the region. 🎙️New episodes available on YouTube. Watch now! bit.ly/3IjsNP1

Statement delivered by UN Biodiversity at the 18th Session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, addressing "the study and advice on the rights of Indigenous Peoples to data, including collection and disaggregation". #EMRIP #KMGBF #biodiversity