Submitted by
sorrentinol
on Mon, 10/17/2022 - 16:13
General Information
Resolution
49158
IUCN Constituent
Headquarters
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN Secretariat
Period covered
Geographic scope
Global
North America and the Caribbean
Pacific Ocean
Country/Territory
Antigua and Barbuda
Fiji
Grenada
Saint Lucia
Samoa
São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal
Sri Lanka
Vanuatu
Viet Nam
Actors involved in implementing this Resolution:
IUCN Commissions
IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law 2021-2025
IUCN Secretariat
Yes
Other non-IUCN related organisations
Governments of the countries listed; Ministries of Environment, WTO (Informal Dialogues on Plastic), UNEP Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, World Bank, UN partners, Ubuntoo Knowledge Platform for plastics, Organization of Eastern Caribbean States - OECS, Association of Small Island States (AOSIS)
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Activity
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Policy and technical meetings for the regions (including Organization of Eastern Caribbean States - OECS and Association of Small Island States (AOSIS)
Status
On-going
Activity
Field activities
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Circular Economy Waste to Product businesses implemented in Caribbean and Pacific
Status
On-going
Activity
Policy influencing/advocacy
Description and results/achievements of activities:
WTO (Informal Dialogues on Plastic - over 70 countries), UNEP Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee(190 plus countries, National Action Plans from each government, policy workshops, capacity building. Policy reports produced for Carib and Pacific
Status
On-going
Activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description and results/achievements of activities:
National and regional quantification of plastic pollution in several countries and regions
Status
On-going
Describe any challenges encountered in implementing this Resolution and the measures taken
Funding and fundraising for staff time to manage projects; spending funds in Pacific has been challenging.
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken
Plastic Waste projects are ongoing in 2022 and into 2023, with Plastics Treaty work (including linking to the IUCN International Policy Centre work). See https://www.iucn.org/our-work/informing-policy/international-policy/intergovernmental-negotiation-committee-plastic for IPC work on this. Also see all of the recent plastics work here https://www.iucn.org/search?key=plastics
Identify and briefly describe what future actions/activities are planned for the implementation of this Resolution
Future action / activity
Capacity-building
Description
if funding is received, West Africa focus on capacity building for the Treaty work.
Future action / activity
Fundraising
Description
Creating a booklet of funding for the regions to identify funding sources.
Future action / activity
Policy influencing/advocacy
Description
Attendance at the INC meetings in Nov 2022 and beyond, with IPC Team.
III. Additional Information
Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN Secretariat