North Atlantic Microplastics Centre science-policy input to 2nd session negotiations in Paris

Thursday 11 May 2023 - Thursday 11 May 2023

Location: Online

Join Professor Nicola Beaumont in a webinar organised by the North Atlantic Microplastic Centre (NAMC) where she and other panellists will discuss the NAMC input to the second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-2) which will take place 29 May-2 June 2023 at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Headquarters in Paris, France.

Webinar: ‘The North Atlantic Microplastic Centre (NAMC) science-policy input to the second session of negotiations in Paris’
Date: Thursday 11th May 2023
Time: 2 - 3.30pm (BST)
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The webinar will include presentations on microplastics and their multifaceted aspects of toxicity, including how the risks related to microplastics change by interactions with the environment, in addition to what makes them such a challenging pollutant to regulate. The discussion will be focussed on solutions towards an agreement on a global plastics treaty and will conclude with a panel discussion.
 
Prof Beaumont is a co-author on the NAMC input to the INC-2, which follows previous input to the resumed fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2) where world leaders, environment ministers and other representatives from 173 countries agreed to develop this legally binding instrument. Prof Beaumont was the lead author on the UNEA-5.2 input which  saw the NAMC address the challenge of Plastic Pollution and solutions from a holistic perspective with focus on socio-economic impacts and the need for regulatory frameworks that are scientifically grounded, see PDF here >>

Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) is a partner of the NAMC which aims to engage leading researchers nationally and internationally in a joint effort to understand and quantify how much microplastic is in the environment, the risks related to microplastic pollution in our surroundings, and the best ways to manage the challenges presented by this pollutant. Find out more at: https://namc.no/.