Indicate which actions have been carried out to implement this Resolution :
Capacity-building
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Education/Communication/Raising awareness
Field activities
Fundraising
Policy influencing/advocacy
Scientific/technical activities
Describe the results/achievements of the actions taken:
MARPLASTICCs Project: East and Southern Africa and Southeast Asia (Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Thailand and Vietnam) – Project Ongoing
Achievements:
1. Successful review of current methodologies for measuring plastic leakage. Launch of publication, “Review of plastic footprint methodologies: laying the foundation for the development of a standardised plastic footprint measurement tool”
2. Finalisation and application of the IUCN-UNEP hotspot methodology in Vietnam and Thailand, and preparatory assessments for Kenya, Mozambique, and South Africa.
3. Launch of five circular economy demonstrations in the 5 target countries.
4. Production of five national legal and policy scoping reports.
5. Organising and contributing to 65 workshops and meetings to share knowledge and best practices related to plastic pollution.
6. Supporting the development of the Plastic Leak Project (PLP) tool for businesses.
PWFI Plastic Waste Free Island project in Pacific (Vanuatu, Fiji, Samoa) and Caribbean (Saint Lucia, Grenada, Antigua & Barbuda) regions – Project ongoing
Achievements:
1. Hosted Pacific and Caribbean inception meetings for the project in Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu, Saint Lucia, Grenada and Antigua & Barbuda with key stakeholders.
2. Engaged the Australian-based consultancy company Asia Pacific Waste Consultants (APWC), and the Netherlands-based company Searious Business to deliver outputs in both regions
3. In the Caribbean Region, the project is being executed by IUCN’s Regional Office for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean (IUCN ORMACC), alongside the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), who is acting as regional implementing partner.
PWFI in Mediterranean (Menorca and Cyprus) – Project ongoing
Achievements:
1. Launched the projects and began work toward a detailed material flow analysis, which will provide information on leakage across tourism, fisheries and waste management sectors.
What challenges/obstacles have been encountered in the implementation of this Resolution and how were they overcome :
Briefly describe what future actions are needed for the implementation of this Resolution:
Developing a tool that calculates per region financial impacts of plastic pollution. This tool needs to account for economic losses from shipping, tourism, fisheries, human health, ecosystem and biodiversity impacts, meaning the Total Cost of Plastic Pollution. This tool would give any regional organizations and national governments the capacity of monetize their losses due to plastic pollution.
Future actions that were to take place in early 2020 may have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Most projects will proceed as is deemed possible in each of the countries and there may be extensions to some projects.
Are these actions planned for yet:
