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The Plastic Waste Free Islands (PWFI) Project, a four-year global initiative, comes to an end leaving important contributions by promoting island circular economy and demonstrating effective, quantifiable solutions to address plastic waste leakage in Small Island Developing States (SIDS).  

Through the EU-GIZ and IUCN “Rethinking Plastic” partnership project, significant strides have been made in enhancing the circular economy model at the local level and improving municipal waste management practices and policies.

As part of the triple planetary crisis, pollution is one of the major drivers of biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation, and plastic pollution is detrimental to our terrestrial, freshwater and marine biodiversity and ecosystems, upon which livelihoods and economies depend.

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The "Zero Draft" text of the international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment is summarised here in English, French, and Portuguese.

This economic brief shows the estimated impact of marine plastic pollution on fisheries and tourism in Fiji. Marine plastic pollution can generate significant economic costs in the form of gross domestic product (GDP) reductions, estimated at up to US$7 billion (globally) for 2018 alone (WWF,…

Em 2022, a Comissão Mundial de Direito Ambiental da IUCN (WCEL) criou a Task Force sobre Poluição por Plásticos para fornecer insights e apoio ao processo de negociação do Tratado. As instruções a seguir fazem parte de um conjunto de dez resumos jurídicos direcionados que fazem parte da presente…

En 2022, la Commission mondiale du droit de l’environnement (CMDE) de l’UICN a créé le Groupe de travail sur la pollution plastique dans le but de fournir des informations et un soutien au processus de négociation du Traité. La note d’information suivante fait partie d’un ensemble de dix notes…

Esta nota esclarece a diferença entre PINs e NAPs e fornece uma lista de recomendações chave para informar a negociação de um tratado sobre poluição plástica. A nota informativa foi redigida pelo WCEL da UICN e pelo Centro de Direito Internacional do Ambiente (CIEL).

Cette note clarifie la différence entre les NIPs et les NAPs et fournit une liste de recommandations clés visant à éclairer la négociation d’un traité sur la pollution des plastiques. Cette note d'information a été rédigée par le WCEL de l'UICN et le Centre pour le droit international de l'…