An independent Scientific Committee on Plastic Pollution (SCOPP).

Autor: George M; Faculty of Law, Universiti Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Universiti Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Rizman-Idid M; Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Universiti Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Electronic address: rizman@um.edu.my., Cheah W; Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Universiti Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Palaniveloo K; Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Universiti Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Alias SA; Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Universiti Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; National Antarctic Research Centre, Universiti Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Marine pollution bulletin [Mar Pollut Bull] 2024 Nov; Vol. 208, pp. 117041. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 03.
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.117041
Abstrakt: The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution seeks to address, among other issues, the science-policy interface of plastic pollution in the forthcoming international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (ILBI) to be finalised in 2024 by the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA). Given the importance of protecting the marine environment from plastic pollution, this paper reviews ILBI and argues that the UNEA should by Resolution establish an independent scientific committee. The committee should have an overarching global, regional, and local presence with institutional openness and accessibility to elucidate the science behind plastic pollution. This paper proposes that an independent scientific approach is preferrable to a combined science-policy institution seen in Secretariats and Conference of Parties in some conventions. The latter often exhibit numerous weaknesses. Establishing an independent scientific committee will ensure the science behind plastic pollution is robust, credible, and effectively informs policy decisions.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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