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Global Health Centre & TESS
Wednesday
21
May
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Protecting People and Planet: Supporting Implementation of the Future Plastics Treaty

International Geneva Global Health Platform & TESS
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Hybrid: Auditorium Ivan Pictet, Geneva Graduate Institute, Maison de la paix and online.

Geneva Health Week 2025 - WHA 78 side event

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Description

In August this year, governments and stakeholders will gather for the second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-5.2). As the negotiations advance, governments will need to ensure the treaty reflects human health considerations as well as the challenges of effective implementation.

This event will aim to answer questions about human health as a central issue for the plastics treaty, the range and depth of multisectoral cooperation that will be needed to implement the treaty, and how health sector stakeholders can support implementation of the treaty.

This event will include a music video screening, an audience Q&A and a reverse Q&A, as well as a participatory mapping activity during the reception. Register now to secure your spot!

 

Speakers

Welcome remarks by Ellen Rosskam | Coordinator, International Geneva Global Health Platform, Global Health Centre, Geneva Graduate Institute

  • Maria Neira | Director, Department of Environmental, Climate Change and Health, World Health Organization (WHO)
  • Albert Magalang | Head of Delegation to the INC, Chief Environmental Management Specialist, Climate Change service, DENR Central Office, Philippines
  • Giulia Carlini | Manager & Senior Attorney, Environmental Health Program, Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
  • Andrea Zbinden | Senior Policy Advisor and National Focal Point for UNEP and INC Plastic Pollution, Swiss Federal Office for the Environment

Moderated by Jane Muncke | Managing Director and Chief Scientific Officer, Food Packaging Forum

Closing remarks by Carolyn Deere Birkbeck | Founder and Executive Director of the Forum on Trade, Environment & the SDGs (TESS).

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Organised by

The Forum on Trade, Environment and the SDG's (TESS), the International Geneva Global Health Platform and University of Portsmouth's Revolution Plastics Institute.

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