As governments and stakeholders gather in Geneva for the resumed fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC 5.2), a new report to be published in The Lancet will offer an up-to-date assessment of the links between health and plastic pollution across the full life cycle of plastics, and announces the launch of an independent, health-focused global monitoring system on plastics: The Lancet Countdown on Health and Plastics.
This event, hosted by the new Lancet Countdown on Health and Plastics and supported by the Forum on Trade, Environment, & SDGs (TESS), will bring together a regionally diverse panel of INC members and experts to:
- canvass the evidence to date on the impacts of plastic pollution on human health,
- explore opportunities to address these impacts in the future international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution to ensure the protection of human health and the environment, and
- highlight the contribution that the new Lancet Countdown on Plastics and Health can make as an independent data source to inform decision-making at all levels for the benefit of public health.
Registration
Please register here.
Agenda
Speakers will include experts from the Lancet Countdown on Health and Plastics as well as a range of government representatives involved in INC 5.2.
TESS and the Global Plastics Treaty Negotiations
This event is part of our initiative to support the
global plastics treaty negotiations.
