Final Ministerial Statement: Ministerial Conference on Marine Litter and Plastic Pollution
On September 1st and 2nd The Ministerial Conference on Marine Litter and Plastic Pollution jointly convened by the Governments of Ecuador, Germany, Ghana and Vietnam with the aim to keep the topic of marine litter and plastic pollution high on the political agenda towards the resumed fifth session of the UN Environment Assembly in 2022 (UNEA 5.2). Below is the Ministerial Statement proposing a legally binding agreement on plastics. Ministerial Statement 02/09/2021 Preambular paragraph 1 Unsustainable plastic production and consumption, and the associated waste generated, are accelerating at an unprecedented rate. The global impacts of an exponential increase in plastic production are manifested in many areas of the environment, including the marine environment, and the global plastic pollution crisis is increasingly affecting people and the planet. These impacts are due to linear economic models, disregard for or lack of adequate ...