This event brings together new evidence and policy analysis on how trade and trade policy are relevant to efforts to reduce plastic pollution, exploring where they can help, threaten or impede progress.
In 2019, over 180 governments agreed to the ‘Plastics Amendments’ to the Basel Convention on the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes, bringing in new requirements and procedures to better regulate trade in plastic waste. However, significantly more remains to be done if the international community is going to tackle plastic pollution – including through stronger coherence of trade, development and environmental policies.
- What is the state of play in plastic trade flows and trade-related actions to reduce plastic pollution?
- How can trade and trade policy challenge efforts to reduce plastic pollution?
- How can international cooperation on trade, environment and development — in multilateral environmental agreements, in trade agreements, at the WTO and elsewhere – support efforts to reduce plastic pollution?
- What are the opportunities to harness trade policy to tackle plastic pollution and encourage a more circular plastics economy?
In the second portion of the session, the floor will open for a moderated audience discussion guided by the question:
Where and how could trade and trade policy better support efforts to reduce plastic pollution?
Continue the conversation in the dedicated chat on the Beyond Trade Network.
This session will be simultaneously translated into French, Spanish and English (when needed) via the Interactio application, by entering the code GTW2020 (please use headphones). Open the application in your Web browser or download it for iOS Mobile App or for Android App.