Press Briefing: Plastic Crisis, 30 January 2024, 1 pm CET
Launching a new Commentary to provide advice to policymakers involved in negotiating an International Plastics Treaty, the European Academies Science Advisory Council invites you to an online press briefing.
Systemic failures are driving rapid growth in production, consumption and leakage of plastics in the marine, terrestrial and freshwater environments, shows a new EASAC Commentary to be published on 1 February 2024. The summary of the latest scientific evidence aims to inform negotiations of a much-needed International Plastics Treaty. With current policies, global plastic waste is expected to nearly triple by 2060.
The Commentary shows that addressing these failures will hurt commercial interests, critically assesses current practices including exports from OECD to non-OECD countries, and includes concrete recommendations.
- Prof. Michael Norton, EASAC Environment Director
- Prof. Gaetano Guerra, University of Salerno, Italy
will present the main findings and recommendations (15 min.) followed by a Q&A session.
To take part in the briefing and receive an embargoed copy of the Commentary ahead of its publication, please send an email specifying your name and affiliation to sabine.froning@easac.eu.
We will then send you the dial-in details.
Sabine Froning
Communication Adviser
sabine.froning@easac.eu
+49 1520872700
About the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC)
EASAC is formed by the national science academies of the EU Member States, Norway, Switzerland and United Kingdom, to collaborate in giving advice to European policymakers. EASAC provides a means for the collective voice of European science to be heard. Through EASAC, the academies work together to provide independent, expert, evidence-based advice about the scientific aspects of European policies to those who make or influence policy within the European institutions.
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