Welcome to EIA’s rolling daily diary of events taking place at the 27th Conference of the Parties (coP27) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
The dumping of plastics in the Pacific Islands is a form of waste colonisation, driving disproportionate plastics pollution and threatening health and livelihoods.
Despite contributing less than 1.3 per cent of the mismanaged plastic in the world’s oceans, Pacific Island Countries and Territories are one of its main recipients