Special Curated Sessions

Join our short sessions focused on a particular aspect of plastic pollution, offering state of the art training or an interactive workshop.
2 Oct | 18:00 - 18:30

Explore how innovative solutions and community engagement are crucial in shaping a sustainable future. Join Dr Angeliki Kosmopoulou (Story Strategist, “Storymentor”) and UK Ambassador Matthew Lodge (British Embassy Athens) in a fireside chat to reflect on how science, diplomacy and policymaking must work together to end plastic pollution.

Dr Angeliki Kosmopoulou
Story Strategist - Founder, Storymentor
 Matthew Lodge
UK Ambassador, British Embassy Athens
3 Oct | 11:30 - 13:00

A multiplicity of approaches and tools exists when it comes to plastic pollution, metrics, indicators , quantification methodologies and models.

Here we aim to create a dialogue among key actors addressing plastic pollution methods and assessments for policy actions that identify core principles for information collection and tools for addressing policy needs and that inform a future Plastics Treaty.

Through dialogues we can identify the gaps and actions that need to be taken to support the future development of indicators and targets that address plastic pollution which countries can consider in their planning.

 

Panel discussion — Open debate — Breakout workshop

Moderator: Dr Janaka DeSilva, IUCN, Switzerland

Dr Costas Velis — UNEP GPML Community of Practice on Plastic Pollution Quantification Methodologies and Models

Dr Karen Raubenheimer  — On the role of indicators

Dr Josh Cottom — On the role of PLAST Toolkit

Dr Margherita Pucino — Global Plastic Action Partnership

Dr Janaka DeSilva
IUCN, Senior Programme Coordinator, Global Marine and Polar Programme, Switzerland
Dr Karen Raubenheimer
Senior Lecturer, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), University of Wollongong, Australia
Dr Costas Velis
Lecturer in Resource Efficiency Systems, University of Leeds, UK
Dr Josh Cottom
Research Fellow, Plastic Pollution, University of Leeds
Dr Margherita Pucino
Metrics Lead, Global Plastic Action Partnership — World Economic Forum, Switzerland

Organized by: International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

4 Oct | 09:00 - 10:30

Join this special curated session to understand and get basic training on how to use the SPOT model to develop a plastic pollution emissions inventory at a national level, using local data. SPOT, is a novel methodology and model that allows to link sources of plastic pollution and calculate how much of the plastic waste items become pollution in the environment and where. It offers unique capabilities of integrating local to national level. Developed at the University of Leeds, and published in Nature, the SPOT model is freely available to use, and Dr Costas Velis research team can provide technical support.

Dr Costas Velis
Lecturer in Resource Efficiency Systems, University of Leeds, UK
Dr Josh Cottom
Research Fellow, Plastic Pollution, University of Leeds
 Ed Cook
Research Fellow, Circular Economy Systems for Waste Plastics, University of Leeds

Organized by: University of Leeds – Dr Costas Velis Research Team

4 Oct | 15:00 - 16:30

This session will consider the applicability of different plastic pollution assessment tools and models for the purpose of implementing the Plastics Treaty. It focusses both on decision makers and on experts and consultants that may apply plastic assessment tools.

 

A global methodology for primary data collection on municipal waste management (MSW) systems is in place, the UN-Habitat Waste Wise Cities Tool, aligned with SDG indicator 11.6.1 on MSW.
Aligned closely with the WaCT, the GIZ WFD uses a combination of primary data and field observation to assess plastic waste material flows, points and quantities of leakage, and fates. The WFD tool is one of a number of data capture and modelling tools including the IUCN/UN Plastic Hotspotting, SPOT model, Plastic Pollution Calculator, and Plastics to Ocean Calculator that have been developed and applied to support the modelling of plastic pollution and inform evidence-based decision making.
 Andrew Whiteman
Managing Director and a founding partner of the Resources and Waste Advisory Group, UK
 David Newby
Partner in David Newby Associates (DNA), UK
 David Marquis
RWA Group/United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Kenya

Organized by: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmnH

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