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IGES' Joint Webinar - Promoting Evidence-based Policymaking to Tackle Marine Plastic Pollution in Asia-Pacific

03-Jul-25

MOEJ, OECD, and UNEP-GPML, and IGES will organise the following webinar. 

Date/time

Friday, 18 July 2025, 16:30-18:15 (JST) / 14:30-16:15 (ICT)

Objectives

This webinar highlights:

  • examples of how information on plastics in the economy, plastic waste, pollution and their management are reported, shared and used for effective policy development.
  • examples of tools and initiatives for addressing data gaps and discussing how knowledge sharing  and data management may be enhanced in an efficient and sustainable manner.
  • some of the key issues to be considered for the discussion on the monitoring and reporting of progress.

Organisers 

Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan (MOEJ)

Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

UNEP- Global Partnership on Plastic Pollution and Marine Litter (UNEP-GPML)

 

The event details:

https://www.iges.or.jp/en/events/20250718

Registration: 

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/1Ia8dO_XQMSK-j8UE7x0cQ