The global response to the environmental disaster in Mauritius is proceeding while efforts on site at the grounded bulk carrier Wakashio continued to report making progress. It however is a race against time as images from the area show the ship buckling and the cracks continuing to grow. Reports from Mauritius are that the weather conditions remained stable to permit the pumping operations to continue. Mauritius has since declared this an environmental emergency. For an update we are now joined by Sunil Dowarskasing who is a former Greenpeace strategist.