Talk Online Event - Thursday 25th March 2021 19:00
(Picture above Jasmin Sessler)
With
Jo Ruxton, Co-Founder Plastic Oceans UK and producer of the documentary feature film, ‘A Plastic Ocean’ (on Netflix),
Prof Richard Thompson OBE FRS, World-leading marine scientist, founder and head of Plymouth University’s International Marine Litter Research Unit, which has charted the global distribution of microplastics from Arctic sea ice to the deep seas,
Prof Helmut Maurer, Principal Jurist at the Waste Management and Recycling Unit from the European Commission.
Moderated by environmental scientist and former environment editor of the Sunday Times,
Jonathan Leake. Nearly three billion people depend directly on marine and coastal biodiversity for their survival. By absorbing approximately a third of carbon dioxide emissions, oceans play a decisive role in regulating the climate. As a source of life, they are t