{"id":5331,"date":"2020-08-12T09:30:23","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T21:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perc.ac.nz\/wordpress\/?p=5331"},"modified":"2020-08-12T09:31:13","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T21:31:13","slug":"webinar-laying-the-pacific-building-blocks-for-a-global-agreement-to-prevent-plastic-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perc.ac.nz\/wordpress\/webinar-laying-the-pacific-building-blocks-for-a-global-agreement-to-prevent-plastic-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"Webinar: Laying the Pacific Building Blocks for a Global Agreement to Prevent Plastic Pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Thursday 20 August<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>15:00 \u2013 16:30 Samoan Time (WST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>14:00 &#8211; 15:30 NZST<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the scale of the plastic crisis is being increasingly documented, it is already clear that the large-ocean small-island developing states of the Pacific will pay a disproportionately heavy price for its ecological, economic, social, cultural and health impacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>How are the Pacific island nations responding to the global plastic crisis? Have the measures taken having the expected results?<\/li><li>What are the regional initiatives in place to address plastic pollution?<\/li><li>Would the plastic pollution problem in the Pacific benefit from a global solution?<\/li><li>How can Pacific voices be heard for the safeguard of their interests in the upcoming UNEA negotiations towards a plastic global agreement?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These are some of the questions that the Pacific panelists will address at a 90-minute webinar organised by a coalition of non-state actors in partnership with SPREP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Confirmed speakers include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kosi Latu &nbsp;\u2013 Director General, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr.&nbsp;Trisia&nbsp;Farrelly \u2013 Massey University\u2019s Political Ecology Research Centre<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">State Representative \u2013 TBC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">State Representative \u2013 TBC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Various Interventions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/57jxM3DViaVk8S9M9\">Please&nbsp;<strong>register here<\/strong>. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday 20 August 15:00 \u2013 16:30 Samoan Time (WST) 14:00 &#8211; 15:30 NZST As the scale of the plastic crisis is being increasingly documented, it is already clear that the large-ocean small-island developing states of the Pacific will pay a disproportionately heavy price for its ecological, economic, social, cultural and health impacts. 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