With an estimated 8-14 million tonne of plastic entering oceans every year, marine litter is a transboundary and, therefore, a global challenge. About 60 per cent of the litter is plastic, with over two-thirds coming from land-based sources and the rest from maritime activities and coastal settlements. These mismanaged plastics can spread across borders and impact global ecosystems and biodiversity through ocean currents.
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is currently facilitating a negotiation process with all its member states to arrive at a legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution, including marine pollution. In its pursuit to strengthen implementation of Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has facilitated the creation of the Coalition of Coastal Cities in 2023 with Indian Coastal States and offshore islands. The Coalition brings together local administrations, state governments, research and academic institutions, civil society organisations, technology solutions providers etc to deliberate on the issue of marine litter with the objective of developing a multi-sectoral roadmap to combat the problem.
CSE is organising the Third National Workshop of the Coalition from June 24 to 26. The meet will deliberate on the findings of the following studies conducted by CSE, with the goal of strengthening the Coalition:
The learnings from this workshop will be critical in making specific recommendations for policy interventions and re-engineer implementation arrangements at local, regional and national levels with appropriate integration of technology and infrastructure and by fostering partnerships and collaborations.
For more information, please contact:
Aniket Chandra
Senior Research Associate
Email: aniket.chandra@cseindia.org
Mobile: 9582453848
Kuldeep Choudhary
Programme Officer
Email: Kuldeep.choudhary@cseindia.org
Mobile: 8377030507
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