Submitted by
colomerj
on Mon, 01/28/2019 - 13:36
General Information
Resolution
44103
IUCN Constituent
Headquarters
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN Secretariat
Period covered
Geographic scope
Africa
European Union (EU)
Mediterranean Sea
North America and the Caribbean
Oceania
South and East Asia
Country/Territory
Antigua and Barbuda
Fiji
Grenada
Kenya
Mozambique
Saint Lucia
Samoa
South Africa
Thailand
Vanuatu
Viet Nam
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Activity
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Description and results/achievements of activities:
The plastic portfolio is working across 5 regions to implement a harmonized set of assessments (plastic pollution, policy, economic) and action plans to reduce plastic leakage into the environment. First steps have included stakeholder engagement and convening to define nationally-appropriate implementation of global project strategy.
Status
On-going
Activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Development of knowledge base about plastic pollution including publication of peer reviewed reports.
Status
On-going
Identify and briefly describe what future actions/activities are planned for the implementation of this Resolution
Future action / activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description
The plastic portfolio conducted a plastic pollution footprint scan in 2018 to identify all available methodologies. The most appropriate methodology is being rolled out across 13 use cases in 2019 which will represent a large globally-relevant set of national-level evidence about plastic pollution distribution, abundance, types, sources, pathways and sinks. This evidence base will help determine nationally-appropriate pollution reduction targets
III. Additional Information
Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN Secretariat