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This executive summary describes a paleotempestology project led by Louisiana State University to analyze long-term hurricane activity in the pan-Caribbean region and the Pacific coast of Mexico. By utilizing multi-proxy data from lagoon sediments, stalagmites, tree rings, and corals, the research aims to understand the climatic mechanisms driving hurricane variability and assess future risks.

This executive summary describes a paleotempestology project led by Louisiana State University to analyze long-term hurricane activity in the pan-Caribbean region and the Pacific coast of Mexico. The research utilizes proxy data from coastal lagoon sediments, stalagmites, tree-rings, and corals to understand the climate mechanisms driving hurricane variability and to assess future risks.

The Sociedad Cooperativa de Producción Pesquera Puerto Chale S.C.L. and the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) submitted an amicus curiae application to the ICSID Tribunal in the case of Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. v. United Mexican States. The amici argue that the Mexican State was justified in denying an environmental permit for the Don Diego seabed mining project in the Gulf of Ulloa, as the project would violate international environmental and human rights laws, specifically the precautionary principle and the rights to work, health, and a healthy environment.

The Sociedad Cooperativa de Producción Pesquera Puerto Chale and CIEL submitted an amicus curiae brief arguing that Mexico was justified in denying an environmental permit for the Don Diego seabed mining project in the Gulf of Ulloa. They claim the project would cause irreversible damage to marine biodiversity, contaminate the area with radioactive elements, and violate the human rights of local fishing communities, including their rights to work, health, and a healthy environment.