{"id":5835,"date":"2021-07-20T16:16:52","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T04:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perc.ac.nz\/wordpress\/?p=5835"},"modified":"2021-07-20T16:16:56","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T04:16:56","slug":"webinar-working-towards-a-global-plastic-pollution-treaty-process-and-possibilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perc.ac.nz\/wordpress\/webinar-working-towards-a-global-plastic-pollution-treaty-process-and-possibilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Webinar: Working towards a global plastic pollution treaty: Process and possibilities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Over 130 countries have declared support for a global agreement to combat marine litter and microplastics. There are numerous processes underway to build momentum towards an ambitious global plastics agreement at the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) 5.2 in February 2022. For further information see this Science article <\/a>advocating for a binding global agreement to address the life cycle of plastics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This webinar will discuss why a growing number of countries have indicated support for a plastic pollution treaty and what it could look like. Dr. Farrelly is an environmental anthropologist with research expertise in the political ecology of plastic pollution including national, regional, and international plastic pollution policy; product stewardship; waste colonialism; and related social and environmental justice. She is co-founder of the New Zealand Product Stewardship Council and the Aotearoa Plastic Pollution Alliance and has been a member of UNEA\u2019s Expert Group and the United Nations Environment Programme\u2019s Scientific Advisory Committee on Marine Litter and Microplastics since 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presented by:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Trisia Farrelly of Massey University<\/em>
Date\/Time:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>Tuesday, August 17, 4 pm US EDT\/1 pm US PDT\/8 pm UTC<\/em><\/a>
Co-sponsors:<\/strong>\u00a0OCTO (EBM Tools Network, The Skimmer, OpenChannels, MPA News, MarineDebris.info)
Register:\u00a0<\/strong>https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_MOZu21hESkCPBiLlbuy3Lg<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[If you are unable to access Zoom, you can view a livestream at https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCPBHFN-LvAPNqTC6MZmVNVg<\/a> at the time of the webinar.]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over 130 countries have declared support for a global agreement to combat marine litter and microplastics. There are numerous processes underway to build momentum towards an ambitious global plastics agreement at the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) 5.2 in February 2022. For further information see this Science article advocating for a binding global agreement to address the life cycle of … <\/p>\n

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