On Monday, the Council of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) opened the first part of the 25th annual session in Kingston, Jamaica. The Council considered the financial model and the standards, guidelines, and key terms related to the draft exploitation regulations. Our ENB writers note that, in the breezeways, many delegates exchanged impressions about the two-day working group on the financial model options that took place prior to the opening of the Council, and delegates shared an overall feeling of progress related to the tricky question of “who gets what” from the future market. [Read full report]