Forum of Multi-stakeholder Platform on Marine Litter and Microplastics - July 2021

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dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.organizationGovernance Affairs Office
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-13T06:21:31Z
dc.date.available2021-07-13T06:21:31Z
dc.date.issued2021-07
dc.descriptionThe "Forum of Multi-stakeholder Platform on Marine Litter and Microplastics," co-organised by the United Nations Environment Programme and the Ministry of the Environment Japan on 13 July 2021, brought together over 400 global experts, policymakers, and industry leaders to collaboratively address the escalating crisis of plastic pollution. This comprehensive repository captures the event's core proceedings, highlighting the urgent need for systemic change across the entire plastics life cycle. Key discussions centred on the findings of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Expert Group and the International Resource Panel's think piece on policy options to achieve the Group of Twenty Osaka Blue Ocean Vision of eliminating additional marine plastic litter by 2050. The forum showcased the development of the Global Partnership on Marine Litter Digital Platform — designed to integrate data, connect stakeholders, and guide evidence-based actions — alongside practical tools such as the Plastic Recovery Insight and Steering Model introduced by the Alliance to End Plastic Waste. Strategic presentations from organisations including the World Wildlife Fund and the Environmental Investigation Agency underscored the critical business and environmental case for establishing a legally binding United Nations treaty on plastic pollution, built on four pillars: monitoring and reporting, pollution prevention, international coordination, and technical and financial support. Experts also shared regional and upstream innovations, including strategies for expanding waste management systems to medium and small cities and rural areas, promoting circular economy product design, and enhancing multi-stakeholder engagement at local, national, and global levels. By aggregating these diverse insights, the collection serves as a vital resource for driving coordinated global action, fostering innovation, and shaping future policies to mitigate the impacts of marine litter and microplastics. This entry includes the Final Meeting Summary of the Forum on the Multi-stakeholder Platform on Marine Litter and Microplastics, produced by the United Nations Environment Programme. It also contains the Provisional Agenda and the Invitation to the Forum, both prepared by the United Nations Environment Programme and the Ministry of the Environment Japan, as well as a Questions and Answers document from the Japan Forum of 13 July 2021. The collection further includes the presentation "Toward a New Global Instrument on Plastic Pollution" by Tim Grabiel of the Environmental Investigation Agency; "Introducing the Alliance to End Plastic Waste" by Nick Kolesch of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste; and "The Business Case for a United Nations Treaty on Plastic Pollution" presented by John Duncan of the World Wildlife Fund. Satoru Iino, Chair of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Expert Group, contributed a report on the group's findings, while Shunichi Honda of the United Nations Environment Programme International Environmental Technology Centre presented a perspective on global waste management. The stocktaking of activities and actions on the Global Partnership on Marine Litter Digital Platform was presented by Heidi Savelli and Saiful Ridwan of the United Nations Environment Programme, and the mapping of international and regional coordination and cooperation was presented by Heidi Savelli and Marta Ottogalli, also of the United Nations Environment Programme. Additional contributions include "Policy Options to Eliminate Additional Marine Plastic Litter by 2050 under the Group of Twenty Osaka Blue Ocean Vision" by the International Resource Panel; "Promoting Action on Plastic Pollution from Source to Sea in Asia and the Pacific" by the Asian Development Bank; "Expand Waste Management System to Medium and Small Cities and Rural Areas" by the Economic Research Institute for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and East Asia; and presentations by Ross Bartley of the Bureau of International Recycling, Seiji Morihara of the Japan Clean Ocean Material Alliance, Costas Velis of the International Solid Waste Association, Carsten Wachholz of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Stewart Harris of the American Chemistry Council, and Anne-Gaëlle Collot of Plastics Europe.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/36480
dc.languageEnglish
dc.titleForum of Multi-stakeholder Platform on Marine Litter and Microplastics - July 2021en
dc.typeMeeting resource
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