Objectives
The side event aims to:
- Highlight the impact of plastic waste in mountainous regions on glaciers and ecosystems, emphasizing the link between plastic pollution and climate change.
- Showcase Tajikistan’s leadership under the International Year of Glaciers Preservation 2025 and its contributions to both glacier preservation and plastic waste management.
- Share lessons learned from the BRS-funded projects in Central Asia and promote regional collaboration under the Mountain Partnership and other frameworks.
- Inspire international collaboration and actionable solutions for glacier protection through sustainable plastic waste management.
Content
The webinar will be held on 21 January 2025 October 2024, 12.00-13:30 CET via Zoom. Find the registration link below.
Please refer to the agenda for the programme of the side event.
For more information, visit the official website at UN-Glaciers.org.
Background
The Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions launched the "Plastic Waste in Remote and Mountainous Areas" project in 2019, supported by France, Germany, and Norway, to address plastic waste in fragile ecosystems. The project has advanced through data collection, a baseline report, and implementation across nine countries, focusing on waste management, clean-up campaigns, policy alignment with Basel Convention amendments, and national inventories. Tajikistan, a leader in glacier protection, is hosting the International Conference on Glaciers’ Preservation in May 2025 and has implemented key initiatives to manage plastic waste. Additionally, Kazakhstan's "Cooperation for Sustainable Development" NGO is piloting efforts to reduce plastic waste in Central Asia. This side event, co-organized by the BRS Conventions, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan, will explore the interlinkages between plastic waste and glacier preservation, highlight achievements, share lessons from BRS-funded projects, and foster regional collaboration to protect mountain ecosystems and mitigate climate change. The side event is in Russian.
Organizers: The Secretariat of Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, The “Cooperation for Sustainable Development» (CSD) And Center for the Implementation of Investment Projects, Committee for Environmental Protection (CIIP CEP), under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan
Working language: Russian
Information for Participants
Access code to watch the recording: R2+L1cbq
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