How are communities in SIDS reducing coastal pollution?

Marine litter negatively affects the environment, people and coastal economies around the world. In the Pacific region, the problem is even more severe given the reliance of countries on healthy ocean ecosystems and services.

Watch this video by the Samoa Recycling Waste Management Association!

Hi all!
Yesterday we completed the Pacific segment of our ISLANDS webinar "Tackling Plastics in SIDS".

Please find the recording below as well as the interesting presentation given by Joao Sousa.

Thanks again everyone for the insightful conversation!

Thanks again to all who participated in ISLANDS first webinar yesterday on Tackling Plastics in SIDS, and thanks to the speakers: melanie ashton, Llorenç Milà i Canals , Asha Challenger & Janaka deSilva - it was a pleasure to have such an engaging conversation with you!

For those who couldn’t attend, please find the registration at the link below.

Yesterday we also officially launched the ISLANDS Community of Practice on Plastics! Please join the group to keep sharing experiences and insights on plastics, one of the most critical environmental & social issue of our time.

Quick reminder for people in the Pacific to register for the Plastics webinar happening next week: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_b-Hz2I71RNew_egiMpFZBA

Women participation and leadership in environmental protection can have transformative effects in their countries and communities.

Read the stories of 10 inspiring women taking action to fight plastics pollution!

What a week it has been at UNEA-5 - in the face of the devastating crisis in Ukraine, governments managed to make perhaps the most signifiant decision since the Paris Agreement.

Governments agreed to negotiate a legally binding instrument to end plastics pollution. We look forward to supporting SIDS in contributing meaningfully to these negotiations, and to much more discussion around the development of the new treaty in this group.

This Guardian article provides a good summary;
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/02/world-leaders-agree…

Plastic, chemical pollution beyond planet's safe limit - study finds.

The torrent of man-made chemical and plastic waste worldwide has massively exceeded limits safe for humanity or the planet, and production caps are urgently needed.

"The impacts that we're starting to see today are large enough to be impacting crucial functions of planet Earth and its systems", said Bethanie Carney Almroth, co-author of the study.