12/10/2025
12:00 - 13:00
IUCN Africa
, Onsite
Why attend
In the backdrop of a 'failed' process to secure an international legally binding plastics treaty, the session focuses on what next in accelerating Africa’s transition towards a circular plastics economy. It explores innovative approaches to keep plastic flowing in a circular system and pathways to scaling bankable start-ups and spin-offs.
Session Description
The Africa Ocean Forum (2024) called for the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) on a Global Plastics Treaty to pursue a legally binding instrument that covers the entire life cycle of plastics, ensuring it is ambitious, effective, equitable, science-based, and includes the phaseout of problematic plastics and chemicals. Despite a ‘failed’ INC 5.2 process, a number of groups align on the need to work together in a multistakeholder and inclusive approach for a just transition to a circular economy. What innovation is required to advance circular solutions that address the plastic pollution problem towards a sustainable world? This session rethinks how to accelerate the shift towards a circular plastics economy, exploring innovative approaches and market-deplorable solutions that can keep plastic materials flowing in a “closed loop” system, and pathways to strengthen the enabling environment to scale bankable innovative start-ups and spin-offs.Organised by
Eastern and Southern Africa Region
Partners
Island Conservation Society ( Seychelles )
Association pour la Protection de l'Environnement et le Développement Durable de Bizerte ( Tunisia )
Speaker
Présidente, Association pour la Protection de l'Environnement et le Développement Durable de Bizerte (APEDDUB
Directeur Général de la Gouvernance Environnementale, Ministère de l'Environnement et du Développement Durable Madagascar
Moderator
Host