Plastic pollution
Plastic pollution
The challenge
Eight million tonnes of plastic end up in the Ocean every year. Much of it comes via the world’s rivers, which act as conduits of trash from the world’s cities to the marine environment.
The action track
Stop growth in plastic pollution by 2025 by demonstrating ‘investable and scalable’ circular economy solutions in three coastal economies by 2020, ready to be adapted and implemented globally
Targets
SDG 14.1
Partners
Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP)
Pew Charitable Trusts
World Bank
Global Environment Facility
Governments of Ghana, Indonesia and a small island developing state.
SystemiQ
2018
Launch GPAP and engage first three countries
Launched GPAP, established MOUs with business and governments, identified partners to drive collaboration
Work with SystemIQ and Pew on data analysis and modelling to propel evidence-based action
Explored funding opportunities and strategy
Created a GPAP Steering Board and organized the first meeting
2019
Launch of national partnerships in the 3 pilot countries and identify other candidates for system transformation
Showcase GPAP as a model of effective and impactful partnership
In 3 pilot countries:
- Map, identify and select local implementation partners
- Multi stakeholder platforms up-and-running
- Key projects identified, structured and financing triggered
- Implementing partners and innovations engaged in the roadmap development
- Support local partners to build delivery capacity
- Impact analysis models identified and review in progress
- Analytics completed and published
- Scalable success and positive momentum demonstrated
- Regional collaboration partners identified
Launch National Action Partnerships in Indonesia and Ghana to demonstrate positive momentum of institutional commitment to advance concrete local action on plastic pollution
Additional countries for catalytic intervention on plastic pollution identified where the Friends of Ocean Action can make a catalytic intervention
Map other global initiatives to scope how to ensure coordination and coherence
2020 and beyond
Projects implemented in pilot countries and showcased at UN Ocean conference
Projects in the countries up and running
Establish GPAP proof of concept with successful, active projects
Achieve funding to expand scope through to 2025
Showcase outcomes at UN Ocean Conference to demonstrate scalable, investable solutions ready to be adapted and replicated
Other action tracks
Plastic pollution
Sustainable ocean production: blue food
Ending illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing
Marine protection and conservation
Decarbonizing the maritime and shipping sectors
Liberating ocean data
Financing ocean innovation
Gender parity
Science-based targets
