Events

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. 

The webinar will provide an overview of the assessment and timeline leading up to COBSEA’s 26th Intergovernmental Meeting in Siam Reap, Cambodia (October 23-35, 2024).

Date:        30 May 2024, Thursday

Venue: Chelsea A, Berkeley Hotel, Bangkok

Time  : 13:30-15:30 (2hrs), 24 April 2024

Conveners:

Joana Akrofi, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Mahesh Pradhan, Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA), UNEP

Objectives

This event is open to everyone — industry and consumers.

Asia Dive Expo (ADEX) 2024

Land-based marine pollution, including the impacts of nutrient waste, sediments, and wastewater, is a considerable threat to the East Asian Seas. It contributes to the degradation of marine and coastal ecosystems by blocking the light and oxygen needed to reach plants and life underwater. In recognition of the increasing urgency of the situation, Nutrients, Sediments and Wastewater is highlighted as a priority area in COBSEA’s Strategic Directions 2023-2027.