Partnership Dialogue 1 - Addressing marine pollution
Mon 05 Jun 2017, 3.00 pm — Wed 03 Feb 2021, 5.00 pm
Background
Introduction
Pollution from human activities can be found at all points across the ocean’s vast expanse, whether in the deep, at the surface, or in the organisms that live in it. Rivers carry waste, solid and liquid, and a wide range of other substances into the ocean. Discharges, spills and waste from shipping are another source of pollution. Pollutants discharged into the air are deposited into the ocean. Although considerable progress has been achieved in limiting some forms of pollution, others persist. New challenges, whether relating to particular pollutants, such as micro-plastics, or broader trends, like the rapid growth of coastal cities, will require sustained action encompassing scientific research, knowledge-sharing, and strengthened governance arrangements.
Co-chairs
- H.E. Mr. Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs, Indonesia
- H.E. Mr. Vidar Helgesen, Minister of Climate, Norway
Moderator
- Mr. Elliott Harris, Director of New York Office, UN Environment
Panellists
- Ms. Nancy Wallace, Director, Marine Debris Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, US Department of Commerce
- Mr. Kosi Latu, Director-General, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
- Mr. Peter Kershaw, Chair of the Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environment (GESAMP)
- Ms. Sybil Seitzinger, Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria, Canada
Registered List of Participants
States
First preference (speaking slot guaranteed)
- Marshall Islands (HS)
- Micronesia (Federated States of) (HS)
- Belgium (DPM)
- Cyprus (M)
- European Union (M)
- Ireland (M)
- Jamaica (M)
- Maldives (M)
- Netherlands (M)
- Panama (M)
- Romania (M)
- Italy (VM)
- Algeria (CD)
- China (CD)
- Honduras (CD)
- Indonesia (CD)
- Israel (CD)
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (CD)
- Turkey (CD)
- United Kingdom (CD)
- Peru (TBD)
Second preference (possible speaking slot)
- Egypt (M)
- Grenada (M)
- Thailand (M)
- Colombia (CD)
- Norway (CD)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis (CD)
Other participants and observers
- Commission for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic
- International Maritime Organization
- United Nations Office for Project Services
- United Nations Environment Programme
- Stiftelsen Stockholm International Water Institute
- The Ocean Cleanup
- World Animal Protection
