Tuesday 26 November 12:00 – 14:00
Meeting room 123, BEXCO Centre 2, Busan, Republic of Korea
Background
As we approach the fifth and final round of negotiations for the global plastic treaty, in Busan, Republic of Korea in November 2024, pressure is increasing for countries to deliver an ambitious treaty that will effectively curb plastic pollution. A persistent lack of data to inform indicators of progress has hindered the global and national decision-making needed to mitigate plastic pollution, encourage sustainable practices, and support circular economy initiatives.
Comprehensive data is crucial to track the full lifecycle of plastics, from production to disposal and environmental release. Ensuring the treaty includes equitable processes that promote transparency and accountability and improve the availability data over time will be crucial to its success.
Event overview
The UNSW Centre for Sustainable Development Reform (CSDR) will convene a session on data-driven approaches to decision-making for plastics management. The session will highlight the availability of data to track the ‘full life cycle’ of plastics into and within a national economy, showcase national examples from Indonesia, Australia and Sri Lanka, and explain the importance of plastics data to delivering on the ambition of the global plastics treaty.
The session will also launch several resources, aimed at supporting countries in their readiness to implement the treaty. These include the CSDR Plastic Data Checklist and User Guide (view here) and CSDR Global Waste and Plastic Accounts Tracker, which is to be launched at INC-5.
The session is designed to be interactive, utilising a mix of presentations, country-case studies and interactive discussions. By engaging civil society, financial institutions, and research institutes, the event will foster collaboration and capacity building to support evidence-based policymaking on plastics.
