{"id":84682,"date":"2026-07-08T17:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T15:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/?p=84682"},"modified":"2026-07-08T17:22:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T15:22:04","slug":"power-dynamics-deep-stakes-isa-deep-sea-mining-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/publication\/84682\/power-dynamics-deep-stakes-isa-deep-sea-mining-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Power Dynamics in the Deep"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Stakes for the ISA and Deep Sea Mining in 2026 and Beyond<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deep sea mining isn\u2019t just an environmental disaster\u2014it is a unilateral power grab disguised as a resource war, and a modern iteration of colonial history in the Pacific.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-top:max(60%,326px);height:0;width:100%\"><iframe title=\"Power Dynamics in the Deep: The Stakes for the ISA and Deep Sea Mining in 2026 and Beyond\" allow=\"clipboard-write; autoplay; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" sandbox=\"allow-top-navigation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation allow-downloads allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-modals allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-forms\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"position:absolute;border:none;width:100%;height:100%;left:0;right:0;top:0;bottom:0;\" src=\"https:\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html?backgroundColor=%23263d64&#038;backgroundColorFullscreen=%23263d64&#038;d=power_dynamics_in_the_deep_the_stakes_for_the_isa&#038;hideIssuuLogo=true&#038;hideShareButton=true&#038;pageLayout=singlePage&#038;showOtherPublicationsAsSuggestions=true&#038;themeSecondaryColor=%231a193d&#038;u=greenpeaceinternational\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This report exposes how a speculative industry is trying to colonise the ocean floor\u2014and highlights the critical, fleeting window the international community has to stop this resource grab before it starts.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From Norway to New Zealand, efforts to exploit the seabed have crashed into a<br>wall of opposition: legal challenges, parliamentary blocks, and fierce resistance from local communities, scientists, the fishing industry, and environmental groups. The world is not waiting for deep sea mining; it is actively mobilising against it.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Download the report:<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2026\/07\/c8eb1aba-isa_dossier-power-games-report.pdf\">Power Games in the Deep: The Stakes for the ISA and Deep Sea Mining for 2026 and beyond &#8211; Full Report<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greenpeace report on the unprecedented territory grab in the Deep sea mining industry. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":84691,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_planet4_optimize_post_is_variant":false,"_planet4_optimize_experiment_name":"","_planet4_optimize_variant_name":"","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"p4_og_title":"","p4_og_description":"","p4_og_image":"","p4_og_image_id":"","p4_seo_canonical_url":"","p4_campaign_name":"Oceans Are Life","p4_local_project":"","p4_basket_name":"","p4_department":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[85],"p4-page-type":[62],"class_list":["post-84682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nature","tag-oceans","p4-page-type-publication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84682"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84700,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84682\/revisions\/84700"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84682"},{"taxonomy":"p4-page-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/p4-page-type?post=84682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}