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Senior editor Naka Kondo speaks to Charles Goddard, editorial director, about Back to Blue, an ocean health initiative by Economist Impact and The Nippon Foundation.

Plastics Management

Making the invisible visible

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Plastics and health: the mounting evidence

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Building up to Busan

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A ‘sea of brackets’: Back to Blue assesses the Ottawa INC

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COP28: mainstreaming the ocean agenda

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Plastic treaty negotiations produce new debates but few results

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The Global Plastic Summit – sideline QA

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Small island developing states and plastics: roundtable and working group

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videos

Film: Who is polluting the ocean with plastic?

Duration: 16mins

Produced by: Economist Films

World Ocean Summit 2023: Strategy session on Peak Plastics: Can we stem the growth of plastic consumption?

Duration: 43mins

Written by: Economist Impact

VIDEO: PLASTIC MANAGEMENT INDEX

Duration: 3.53mins
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