Grey literature | 2023
The economic impact of plastic pollution, and the benefits of reducing mismanaged waste in Fiji
This economic brief shows the estimated impact of marine plastic pollution on fisheries and tourism in Fiji. Marine plastic pollution can generate significant economic costs in the form of gross domestic product (GDP) reductions, estimated at up to US$7 billion (globally) for 2018 alone (WWF,…
Factsheet | 2023
Economic Impact of Plastic Pollution in Grenada, Caribbean
In 2019 with Norad support, IUCN launched the Plastic Waste Free Islands (PWFI) project, aiming to reduce plastic waste generation and leakage into the ocean in island nations in the Pacific and Caribbean regions.
Factsheet | 2023
Economic Impact of Plastic Pollution in Antigua and Barbuda, Caribbean
In 2019 with Norad support, IUCN launched the Plastic Waste Free Islands (PWFI) project, aiming to reduce plastic waste generation and leakage into the ocean in island nations in the Pacific and Caribbean regions.
Story | 27 Oct, 2023
Variety of economic impacts of plastics pollution summarised for islands in the Caribbean
In 2019 with support from Norad, IUCN launched the Plastic Waste Free Islands (PWFI) project, aiming to reduce plastic waste generation and leakage into the ocean in island nations in the Pacific and Caribbean regions. Economic assessments were conducted as part of the project in Antigua and…
News | 16 Oct, 2023
Bangkok, 16 October 2023 – Asia’s key business leaders, along with academics and civil society actors convened in Bangkok on 4-5 October for the inaugural Corporate Sustainability and Environmental Rights…
Story | 13 Oct, 2023
Changemakers: new solutions for today’s challenges
Each day of the IUCN Leaders Forum 2023, young leaders and entrepreneurs have highlighted innovative solutions to address some of the most complex nature and biodiversity challenges of our time.
News | 10 Oct, 2023
IUCN Leaders Forum 2023 to drive action to halt nature loss
The second IUCN Leaders Forum opens in Geneva, Switzerland, and virtually from 11 to 13 October 2023 under the theme: Global goals for nature: Tracking progress, financing success.
Story | 21 Sep, 2023
Plastic project in the Pacific wraps up
In an effort to combat the alarming issue of plastic pollution in our oceans, stakeholders including government representatives, private sector, NGOs and CSOs of Fiji, Samoa and Vanuatu gathered in Port Via, Vanuatu from 16 – 17 August for the official handing over of the Plastic Waste Free…
Story | 20 Sep, 2023
A $14.5 million USD, multiyear public-private partnership was launched today at the UN General Assembly with Host Consortium members International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Aspen Institute, The Ocean Foundation, and Searious Business. This programme is generously supported by…
IUCN event
The Ocean Race Summit: Presenting Ocean Rights
Building on the High Seas Treaty, this event, taking place on the margins of the UN General Assembly High-Level Week, is the final leg of a process that has gathered over 150 experts, policymakers, business leaders, lawyers, Indigenous peoples, scientists, NGOs, and others to develop principles…