UNEP is currently implementing the project “Capacity development to catalyze actions and commitments at the national and global level to reduce plastic pollution including in the marine environment", which aims to support countries to address plastic pollution through the development of national source inventories along the plastics lifecycle as a basis for the formulation and implementation of roadmaps/strategies/action plans to reduce plastic pollution, including in the marine environment. Participating countries span the regions of Africa, Asia and the Pacific and Latin America and the Caribbean. 18 countries are formally engaged thus far: Cambodia, Cote D’Ivoire, Ecuador, Fiji, Guinea, Kiribati, Mauritius, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Samoa, Senegal, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
This project is linked to the work of the Global Partnership on Plastic Pollution and Marine Litter (GPML) and its Digital Platform, which directly supports knowledge management activities. Funding for this project is provided by the U.S. Department of State. The Third Coordination Meeting of the project took place on 19 and 20 April 2024 in Ottawa, Canada. For more information, contact [email protected].
