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Attributable to Ms. Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme

Ms. Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme does a Q&A on the deliberations by Member States on a global agreement on plastic pollution at the upcoming UN Environment Assembly.

While the key focus at the 77th session of the Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC), virtually hosted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on 22-26 November 2021, was to strengthen ambitions to reduce GHG and black carbon emissions, the MEPC also addressed the mounting challenges of marine plastic litter. MEPC 77 developed and adopted a ...

At MEPC 77, member states are also initialising discussions on a draft strategy to address marine plastic litter from ships. The sources and impact of sea-based marine litter form the focus of a new report by the Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection (GESAMP), an advisory body to the United ...

The sources and impact of sea-based marine litter form the focus of a new report by the Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection (GESAMP), an advisory body to the United Nations sponsored by ten UN entities including IMO*. The report, which can be downloaded here, outlines the various sources of ...