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CASSINI Maritime Prize for Digital Space Applications

The 7th International Marine DebrisConference (7IMDC) took place from the 18th to the 23rd of September 2022 in Busan, Republic of Korea.

The 7IMDC built on the momentum of past IMDCs by bringing together governments, industry, academia, civil society, and all relevant stakeholders, to discuss the latest science, strengthen collaborations, find solutions and catalyze action to address the urgent, global problem of marine litter and plastic pollution.

THE GPML DIGITAL PLATFORM

Through the Clean Seas platform, UNEP is connecting and rallying individuals, civil society groups, industry and governments for catalyzing change and transforming habits, practices, standards and policies around the globe to dramatically reduce marine litter and its negative impacts.

Since its launch in 2017, the campaign has become a catalyst for change, transforming habits, practices, standards and policies around the globe. To date, 63 countries have joined, making the Clean Seas Campaign the biggest, most powerful global coalition devoted to ending marine plastic pollution.

We invite you to join a UN Ocean Conference 2022 virtual side event, ‘Marine pollution: tackling land-based sources through multi-stakeholder action’.

Blue Talks Kenya- Towards a plastic pollution free planet- Building up on solutions through youth, private and informal sectors

8 June, 2022 at 10:00 AM-12:00 PM Nairobi (UTC+03:00)

LAUNCH: ‘From Pollution to Solution - A global assessment of marine litter and plastic pollution'

SEA of Solutions is going virtual again this year.

Together with the Ministry of Environment and Water of Malaysia, SEA of Solutions 2021 will take place on 16-18 November 2021.

This year’s theme calls upon plastic value chain stakeholders to unite in “Accelerating solutions to reduce plastic waste” by exploring policies, partnerships, innovative technologies and financing that help address present challenges and mitigate the potential impacts of future disruptive global events.

Session highlights and discussions will include: 

In the wake of Sri Lanka's devastating June ship disaster, this GPML Members Webinar is led by our South Asia Regional Node (SACEP) for a discussion on marine litter spills and emergency response.

Moderator: Priyankari Alexander, Programme Officer, South Asian Seas Programme (SACEP)

Speaker: Ambassador M. Ashraf Haidari, Director General, South Asian Seas Programme (SACEP)

Launch of the Western Indian Ocean Marine Protected Areas Outlook

Date: 16 July

Time: 2PM EAT

Register here. 

The Western Indian Ocean Marine Protected Areas Outlook is a new publication from UN Environment Programme / Nairobi Convention and WIOMSA that examines the current and future status of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) at a regional level.

On World Oceans Day 2021, UNEP’s Clean Seas Campaign renews its global efforts to tackle marine litter and plastic pollution, now with a focus on how individuals can use both national and international laws to push for change.

Monitoring Plastics in Rivers and Lakes: Guidelines for the Harmonization of Methodologies

World Ocean Day: Autonomous robot system picks up litter from ocean floor

The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) hosted a webinar in May to launch New tools to help communities prevent marine litter in North America. Watch the webinar 

For #WorldEnvironment Day, this video clip by UN Environment Programme shines the spotlight on a GPML member, working to keep Kenya's coastline clean.

The Watamu Marine Association has developed a business model that brings together local communities and the tourism industry to collect, repurpose and recycle plastic waste. This small-scale circular economy has big potential and can be replicated anywhere in the world there is a coastal tourism industry, restoring coastlines and addressing the global issue of marine litter.

18-21 May, 2021

The Ocean Visions 2021 Summit, “Towards a Global Ecosystem for Ocean Solutions” will bring together a multi-sector community of researchers, innovators, decision-makers, funders, and more to develop roadmaps for solving great ocean challenges including ocean-based solutions to climate, equitable coastal solutions strategies for resilience and adaptation, marine circular economies, ocean & human health, and how to transform research from academia into sustainable businesses. ​

1-4 June, 2021

Hosted by the UNEP MGCY Marine Litter and Microplastic Working group, in collaboration with the GPML, our team dives into the topic of marine litter monitoring and the GPML Digital Platform.

Watch here.

SAVE THE DATE

20 April 14–15PM CEST on Zoom

Launch of the Nordic Report “Strengthening the Global Science and Knowledge Base to Reduce (Marine) Plastic Pollution”

As part of their efforts to support the global policy discussions on a new global agreement to combat plastic pollution, the Nordic Council of Environment and Climate Ministers commissioned a report, to explore how to strengthen the science and knowledge base and to ensure evidence based policy-making.

The first of our 2021 GPML Webinar Series was hosted by our Northwest Pacific (NOWPAP) Regional Node and looked at ‘Addressing Marine Litter in the Northwest Pacific Region’. The GPML also provided an update on the proof of concept for the GPML Digital Platform Data Hub and next steps for Phase II.

Save the Oceans from Marine Plastic Litter: A Global Calling

Join us for a webinar on March 23, 2021 at 7:00 PM JST/10:00 AM GMT/5:00 AM CDT.

From March 2 to May 13, 2021, twice a week, always at 13:00 GMT

The Third Global Session, UN Science-Policy-Business Forum on the Environment was held 18 to 20 February 2021.

The GPML co-hosted a session on Managing Risk: Marine Litter and Microplastics Mitigation and Prevention.

Ocean Action for Sustainability – Building a global vision to tackle plastic pollution

An open high-level event hosted by the Government of Kenya and UNEP in the lead-up to UNEA

This event took place on 17 February, 2021.

The Third Global Session, UN Science-Policy-Business Forum on the Environment took place 18 to 20 February 2021.