🚨 BREAKING; Norway has just stopped ALL DEEP SEA MINING in Arctic waters until at least 2029, a huge WIN for ocean protection driven by public pressure and environmental defenders.
Now Norway must join over 40 countries calling for a global moratorium to protect our oceans for good.
@greenpeace start by limiting the pollution of your CEO and management board
The decision is another blow to a deep sea mining industry whose viability has come under repeated strain before even going into business.
In November, Cook Islands authorities announced deep sea mining applications in the Pacific nation’s waters would be subject to five year extensions, delaying mining in the region until at least 2032.
This is a once in a generation opportunity: to stop another extractive industry from damaging the global oceans the way the fossil fuel companies have done to the climate.
Let's #StopDeepSeaMining before it starts.
Join us by signing the petition:
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/act/stop-deep-sea-mining/
![Screenshot - Greenpeace International Press Releases
Deep sea mining in the Arctic stopped once again
3 Dec 2025
Oslo, Norway – The newly elected Norwegian government[1] today ruled out deep sea mining licenses in Arctic waters until at least the end of 2029. The agreement to stop all exploration and exploitation of deep sea minerals was confirmed after pressure from the environmental movement and hard negotiations from the green opposition parties in Norway.
Haldis Tjeldflaat Helle, Deep Sea Mining Campaigner, Greenpeace Nordic said:
“Deep sea mining in Norway has once again been successfully stopped. We will not let this industry destroy the unique life in the deep sea, not in the Arctic nor anywhere else.”
Norway will also cut all public funding for government-led mineral mapping, marking a major shift in its stance on deep-sea mining. Once one of the mining industry’s strongest proponents, the Norwegian government is now moving to halt both exploration and exploitation in its own waters.](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/654/994/406/656/785/original/b6e2b61885828ef0.png)
