Events

When: 28 November 2024 at 9.00 - 12.00 (KST)

Where: Hall 321-322, Exhibition Center 2, BEXCO, Busan, Republic of Korea

Session ST 2.1: Strategic Collaboration in Tackling the Triple Planetary Crises in the East Asian Seas Region: Climate Change and Marine Impacts; Nature and Marine Biodiversity Loss; Marine Pollution

When: Wednesday 7 November, 14:30-17:30 (GMT+8)

Where: Xiamen city, China

The Twenty-sixth Intergovernmental Meeting of the Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA) will be held on 23-25 October 2024 in Siem Reap, Cambodia. 

The Sixth Meeting of the WGML serves as a preparatory meeting for the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5), to discuss the role of the Regional Activity Centre on marine pollution and hosting arrangements of the Regional Node, to provide an update of activities toward achieving the Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter (RAP MALI), and to identify priorities for the ne

The Second Meeting of the WGMCE serves to exchange national best practices and lessons learned, to provide regional and global updates of activities related to the Marine and Coastal Ecosystems (MCE) Framework, including project pipelines and exploring other opportunities and collaboration.

Date: 01 - 02 October 2024

Time: 09h00 – 17h00

Venue: Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square, 392/44, Siam Square Soi 6, Pathumwan, Bangkok

Registration: (TBD)
 

The 2024 IWC resumes after 6 years, in its 10th edition, hosted by the Government of Uruguay, in Punta del Este, under the theme: "Transformative actions and impacts for the water and ocean SDGs: The GEF IW response to the global challenge", to reunite the IW portfolio and celebrate 30 years of the GEF IW focal area.  

Date: 23-26 September 2024 (pre-conference workshops: 21-22 September 2024)

Location: Punta del Este, Uruguay

COBSEA is part of two sessions during IWC10: 

SEA of Solutions 2024 - Knowledge Session 5: Measuring marine litter as a way to design and implement actions that work 

Theme: “Delivering actions to end plastic pollution in Asia Pacific”

When: 18-20 September 2024 at 08:30 – 17:00 (GMT+7)

Where: Conference Room 3, United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC), Bangkok, Thailand (Hybrid)

Registration: indico.un.org/event/1011363/registrations/15495/

Background

Monitoring and assessment are indispensable in identifying marine litter status, trends, and its most critical impacts, and to support development, tracking and evaluation of policies and management interventions. The Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter (RAP MALI) of the Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA) recognises the importance of robust and harmonised monitoring of plastic pollution in the environment in the East Asian Seas.