Other Ocean Events
Back to Blue will be participating in
the
following events:
World Ocean Summit & Expo
2025
Slowing
the chemical tide: safeguarding human and ocean health amid
chemical pollution
Hazardous chemicals in plastics - the discussions at INC
Dead zones: how chemical pollution is suffocating
the sea
At our inaugural Global Plastics Summit held on Oct 11-12th in Bangkok, Naka Kondo, the lead editor of Back to Blue Initiative spoke to Winnie Lau, project director, preventing ocean plastics at The Pew Charitable Trusts and Margaret Spring, chief conservation and science officer and Monterey Bay Aquarium. They discussed their impressions of the summit, and shared their recommendations and aspirations for the role of science and evidence in the treaty moving forward.
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Back to Blue is an initiative of Economist Impact and The Nippon Foundation.
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