Webinar on the Global Plastic Treaty

NAMC invites you to our webinar on "The North Atlantic Microplastic Centre (NAMC) science-policy input to the second session of negotiations in Paris."

Agenda

Introduction

Professor Nicola Beaumont (NAMC/PML): NAMC Response to the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee of the Global Agreement on Plastic Pollution: An overview.

We thereafter address two targeted topics by introductory presentations followed by panel conversations seeking different stakeholders’ perspectives:

The multifaceted challenges of microplastics

• Topic introduction by Senior researcher Alessio Gomiero (NAMC/NORCE):
  Features of micro sized particles making them challenging pollutants to be addressed by regulatory actions.
• Panel with Eirik S. Lindebjerg (WWF), Thomas Maes (GRID-Arendal), Alessio Gomiero, Nicola Beaumont. Moderator Farhan Khan (NAMC/NORCE)

The socioeconomic aspects of a global plastic treaty

• Topic introduction by Professor Frans de Vries (NAMC/University of Aberdeen):
  Towards a Global Plastic Treaty: Economic Implications and Challenges.
• Panel with Jostein Iversen (Grieg Seafood), Jens Måge (Avfall Norge), Frans de Vries, Nicola Beaumont. Moderator Farhan Khan.

Webinar host: Camilla Aadland (NORCE)