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UNEP Event
SEA of Solutions 2024: Delivering actions to end plastic pollution
18 - 20 September 2024
Bangkok, Thailand
- Overview
- Schedule
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Overview
SEA of Solutions (SoS) is a flagship partnerships event towards solving plastic pollution at source. Since its launch in 2019, SoS has served as a platform for sharing best practices, fostering collaboration, and exploring solutions to address plastic pollution.
SEA of Solutions is organized by SEA circular – an initiative by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA), with support from the Government of Sweden.
Objective
To facilitate collaboration among solution seekers and providers to catalyze actions and innovations towards circularity in the plastic value chain.
With the international community negotiating an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution by the end of this year, SoS 2024 offers a crucial platform for stakeholders to exchange knowledge and build partnerships in the intersessional period ahead of INC-5.
Register
Register now to connect with a diverse group of stakeholders to discuss latest innovations and strengthened partnerships to end plastic pollution.
Register here: https://indico.un.org/e/sos2024
Contact
Ms. Kamala Ernest
SEA circular Project Coordinator
Ms. Lea Las Piñas
SEA of Solutions 2024 Coordinator
Learn more about the event, view previous editions (2019-2022)
About the project
SEA circular aims to reduce and prevent plastic pollution and its impact by working with governments, businesses, civil society, academia, and international partners. The initiative promotes market-based solutions and enabling policies to transform plastic value chain management, strengthens the science base for information decision making, creates outreach and awareness. Visit www.sea-circular.org or contact sea-circular@un.org for more information.
18 Sep 2024
Time & Place
Event Details
08:00
Registration
Participants’ photo badge to be collected at the Registration Counter,
Ground Floor, United Nations Conference Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
Ground Floor, United Nations Conference Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
09:00
Opening Session
Delivering actions to end plastic pollution
09:30
Plenary Session 1
Circularity in plastic value chains
10:00
Break
Coffee & Tea Break
10:30
Plenary Session 2
Life cycle approaches to circularity
11:30
Plenary Session 3
Circular business models
12:30
Break
Lunch
14:00
Knowledge Sessions:
Knowledge session 1: Circular design of products
Knowledge session 2: Reuse models
Knowledge session 2: Reuse models
15:00
Break
Coffee & Tea Break
15:30
Plenary Session 4
Environmentally sound waste management that responds to circular demands
17:30
Reception
Networking Reception
19 Sep 2024
Time & Place
Event Details
09:00
Plenary Session 5
Redirecting financing to end plastic pollution
09:30
Plenary Session 6
The role of financial institutions in tackling plastic pollution
10:30
Break
Coffee & Tea Break
11:00
Knowledge Sessions:
Knowledge session 3: Unpacking the meaning of Extended Producer Responsibilities
Knowledge session 4: Access to finance
Knowledge session 4: Access to finance
12:00
Break
Lunch
13:30
Plenary Session 7
Enabling change at local, national and regional levels
14:00
Knowledge Sessions:
Knowledge session 5: Promoting community action and citizen science
Knowledge session 6: The power of youth and media as agents of change
Knowledge session 6: The power of youth and media as agents of change
15:00
Break
Coffee & Tea Break
15:30
Knowledge Sessions:
Knowledge session 7: Preventing plastic pollution from municipal waterways/rivers
Knowledge session 8: Harnessing innovation, digitalization and the power of AI
Knowledge session 8: Harnessing innovation, digitalization and the power of AI
16:30
Closing Session
Wrap-up and concluding remarks
