The Latest Breaking News from ISA

ISA to compile and release 'Global Solar Stocktake Report', inspired by UN's 'Global Stocktake'. Report to take stock of progress made by countries and look at ways to broaden solar manufacturing. ISA's 6th annual meeting in Delhi to focus on expanding solar installations in Africa.

As part of a broad collaborative agreement with Google, Qualcomm this week said that that it will be adopting the RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA) for a future Snapdragon Wear platform. Working together, the two companies will be bootstrapping a RISC-V ecosystem for Wear OS devices, with Qualcomm providing the…

Better the seafloor than the rainforest, proponents argue, but marine experts beg to differ as authorities meet to decide the future of deep-sea mining

Dipika and Harinder, two Indian squash trailblazers, are in pursuit of a possible second gold medal for India in the Asian Games' history. After winning the Asian mixed doubles championship in June, they are now training at ISTA, Chennai for the 2023 Asian Games. With Dipika's powerful forehand and backhand…

A little-known organisation is meeting this week in a conference centre in Jamaica. The rules the International Seabed Authority (ISA) are drafting could have immense impact.

Short mining session leads to significant decline in fish and shrimp populations, raising concerns for future regulations.

Country’s ministers echo European governments, scientists and environmental organisations in citing need for robust regulation of fledgling sector

Fishers and retailers say mining’s impact on tuna fishing in the Pacific might be felt on supermarket shelves around the world

The UN’s International Seabed Authority (ISA) has begun a crucial round of negotiations in Jamaica to try to reach agreement on the rules governing deep-sea mining, a day after companies were allowed to file for permits to mine the oceans. Defenders of the deep are also ramping up their efforts…