Tackling Plastic Pollution Together

Welcome to the 'Tackling Plastic Pollution Together' satellite event as part of the 2024 Ocean Decade Conference. In-country attendees are invited to join the organisers in Barcelona at the Convention Centre. A livestream will also be available to enable virtual attendance. Register here.

Supplementary materials:

A pack containing details of a variety of international projects and programmes on marine plastics can be downloaded here: Flipbook: Tackling Plastic Pollution Together | Google Drive (ppt.zip)

More than 12 million tonnes of plastic waste pollute our ocean each year and this could triple by 2040 if we do not act. As the negotiations for a new global plastic pollution treaty continue, science remains critical in understanding the challenge and driving effective solutions. Join us and a panel of experts for the launch of a new Ocean Decade Network on “Tackling Plastic Pollution Together” in a knowledge sharing event with capacity building and international collaboration at its heart. Make new connections as we showcase science that is helping us to build our understanding of the challenge and guiding effective solutions.

The event aims to:

• Showcase the science that is helping us build our understanding of the challenge, guide effective solutions and drive policy decisions to beat plastic pollution.
• Bring together a community dedicated to tackling plastic pollution under the UN Decade of Ocean Science, providing a launchpad for a new virtual Ocean Decade Network which we will launch
• Generate insights valuable to the development of the 2030 Vision White Papers

This satellite event is organised by Defra, with co-hosts from Cefas, Common Seas, Parlay Maldives, Zoological Society of London, Department of Environmental Protection and Conservation, Government of Vanuatu and Plastic in Societies (PISCES) Indonesia Partnership and the Coordinating Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Investment, Government of Indonesia.