Presenters: IUCN plastics experts and guest speakers from islands addressing plastic waste
Date/Time: Wednesday, November 13, 7 am US EST/Noon UTC/1 pm CET [***Webinar will last 1.5 hours***]
Description: This webinar will focus on island-specific plastic pollution solutions, including tools for understanding plastic waste solutions, economic angles of plastic pollution, case studies, and solutions platforms to generate knowledge exchange for more effective mitigation and prevention of plastic waste and pollution. Just a few of the tools and resources to be covered include the Blueprint to Zero Plastic Waste – a guide to reducing plastic waste on islands – and findings of studies estimating the impacts of marine plastics on the fisheries and tourism sectors and the costs and benefits of implementing a solution (e.g., a national recycling system, with and without regional cooperation) to reduce mismanaged plastic waste and its leakage into the marine environment. Case studies will provide information on what has worked and not worked on islands, including the sustainability of projects.
Hosted by: IUCN and OCTO as part of SEA Success, a UNDP Ocean Innovation Challenge project (https://oceaninnovationchallenge.org). The UNDP Ocean Innovation Challenge is made possible by funding from Sida, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, and NORAD, the Norwegian agency for development cooperation.
Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMuceysqDwpGtSyfoGK4OpyAB1VIGLKP7hu [***Webinar will last 1.5 hours***]