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Home » pollution

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Pacific nations unite in a determined effort to combat Plastic Pollution

By Sanjeshni Kumar September 27, 2023September 27, 2023

Pacific nations unite to combat escalating crisis of plastic pollution, emphasising the dire impacts on oceans, health, environment, economy, and cultures while advocating for international treaties and collective stakeholder involvement

Factsheets to support Pacific negotiations for Plastics Treaty launched

By Sanjeshni Kumar September 7, 2023September 7, 2023

A series of factsheets were launched at the 31st SPREP Meeting of Officials to support Pacific Island negotiators in the INC process to negotiate an International Legally Binding Instrument to combat plastic pollution

Combating plastic pollution in Fiji through Artivism

By Sanjeshni Kumar August 8, 2023August 8, 2023

Youth centric project, POLYP has emerged as a force in the battle to keep the Pacific clean from marine litter and plastic pollution through youth artivism activities and coastal clean-up campaigns

Greening the 2023 International Va’a Federation World Distance Championship

By Zhiyad Khan August 8, 2023August 8, 2023

The partnership to build public education and awareness of plastic pollution and the single-use plastic issue in Samoa

New app helps young people turn tide on plastic pollution

By Sanjeshni Kumar July 21, 2023July 21, 2023

A new app ‘Tide Turners’ encourages young people to switch to reusable products and go plastic-free where possible that can help stem the flow of plastic into the world’s ocean

Kiribati calls for a strong global commitment to upstream measures to solve the plastic crisis

By Zhiyad Khan June 27, 2023June 27, 2023

Kiribati called for mandatory upstream measures to address 9.7 tonnes of plastic waste generated every day accumulating in landfills and the Kiribati environment

Solomon Islands calls for global plastic production reduction, plans national plastic ban

By Zhiyad Khan June 26, 2023June 26, 2023

Solomon Islands is committed to having in place regulations for banning the import, sale and usage of certain single-use plastics as plastic bags alone make up 12 percent of the main landfill in its capital

‘They told us plastics would make life easy, now studies have found plastics in people’

By Sosikeni Lesa June 26, 2023June 26, 2023

PNG says plastics were introduced to “make life easy”, but studies have proven plastics are found in people.

Beyond borders: Why new ‘high seas’ treaty is critical for the world

By Sanjeshni Kumar June 20, 2023June 20, 2023

A landmark legally binding marine biodiversity agreement was adopted at the United Nations

Pacific SIDS state their case for a robust and ambitious treaty to address plastic pollution

By Sosikeni Lesa June 20, 2023June 20, 2023

Only a robust, ambitious and legally binding instrument can address plastic pollution if we are to leave the legacy of a cleaner planet for future generations, says Palau’s Ilana Seid

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