11/10/2025
16:30 - 17:10
Conference Hall B: Session Room 8
, Hybrid
Session with interpretation
Why attend
As the world moves toward a global plastic policy framework, how can governments prepare to lead implementation? WWF, IUCN, The Pew Charitable Trusts, World Economic Forum, the city of Antigua, Guatemala, and the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province explore how to translate global ambition into local action. Sign up for this session
Session Description
This session aims to: (1) Showcase integrated approaches that support governments on advancing policy and regulatory tools, and capacity-building toward a plastic-waste-free world—both leading up to and following the establishment of a global plastics treaty; (2) The IUCN Centre for Policy and Law and the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law will share guidance, tools, and knowledge for capacity building for policy makers and influencers, across all levels of governance through a multi-stakeholder/intergenerational approach; (3) Demonstrate practical tools and models for circular economy and subnational waste management that move from global ambition to local implementation, including insights from WWF’s Plastic Smart Cities work; and external partners (4) introduce participants to IUCN’s World Conservation Congress Motion 059, which calls for stronger global action on plastic pollution to protect biodiversity, ecosystems, and human health on a local level.Organised by
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Speaker
Chair, Plastic Pollution Task Force, IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law 2021-2025
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