How combatting plastic pollution and illegal traffic in plastic waste can help reduce carbon emissions

When: 10 November 2022, 13:15 - 14:45 (GMT+2)

Where: UNFCCC UN side events allocated side event conference room in the blue zone | Livestream

Organizers: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm (BRS) Conventions Secretariat

What: This high-level event seeks to improve awareness of actions across the plastics value chain to end plastic pollution. It discusses the existing governance for transboundary movements for plastic waste by the Basel Convention and explores reducing GHG emissions in the plastic value chain as a climate mitigation pathway.

The event will showcase the importance of responsible trade in plastics, and the environmentally sound management of plastic waste, which would also tackle climate change, promote healthy oceans, and protect biodiversity.

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