Tackling East Asia's New Environmental Challenge Marine Plastic Pollution
Gong, Lina; Trajano, Julius Cesar | June 2019
Abstract
Marine plastic pollution poses a serious threat to the global marine ecosystem, according to a recent UN report. Southeast Asia and the broader East Asia region are facing the toughest challenge in this regard. There has been growing momentum in East Asia and the international community to look for solutions, evidenced by the inclusion of the issue in the agenda of G20 Summit in Japan this year. This policy report argues that the solution should be comprehensive and multi-sectoral – that includes not only reduction in the use of single-use plastic products but also better waste management, technological solutions, and sustainable economic models. The political will and collective action of East Asian countries can have a global impact through multilateral channels like the UN system and G20 Summit.
Citation
Gong, Lina; Trajano, Julius Cesar. 2019. Tackling East Asia's New Environmental Challenge Marine Plastic Pollution. © S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/10496.Keywords
Regulatory Environments
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Global Environment
Environmentally Sustainable Development
Environmentally Damaging Subsidies
Environmental Strategy
Environmental Sustainability
Environment and Pollution Prevention
Environmental Action Plans
Environmental Assessment
Environmental Cleanup
Environmental Compliance
Environmental Effects
Environmental Guidelines
Environmental Health Hazards
Environmental Impact Assessment
Environmental Health Hazards
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Environmental Services
Environmental Costs
Environmental Conditions
Environmental Action Plans
Environmental Cleanup
Project Evaluation
Program Evaluation
Project Evaluation & Review Technique
Agricultural and Environmental Sectors
Project Evaluation
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Performance Evaluation Work Environment
Regulatory Environments
Institutional Environment Assessment
Global Environment
Environmentally Sustainable Development
Environmentally Damaging Subsidies
Environmental Strategy
Environmental Sustainability
Environment and Pollution Prevention
Environmental Action Plans
Environmental Assessment
Risk Management
Environmental Surveys
Environmental Statistics
Environmental Planning
Environmental Management
Environmental Education
Nature Protection
Landscape Protection
Program management
Project impact
Development projects
Program management
Performance appraisal
Project appraisal
Technology assessment
Pollution Indexes
Green Revolution
Natural Disasters
Flooding
Water pollutants
Public Law
Fishery Law
Marine Pollution
River Pollution
Industrial Pollution
Environmental disasters
Oil spills prevention
Life support systems
Global environmental change
Extreme environments
Ecological disturbances
Balance of nature
Ecological risk assessment
Land degradation
Glacial erosion
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Development projects
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Project appraisal
Technology assessment
Green technology
Air pollution potential
Pollution control industry
Energy conservation
Emissions
Floods
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Liability for water pollution damages
Tide pool ecology
Reef ecology
Ocean bottom ecology
Marine riparian ecology
Marine radioecology
Marine productivity
Marine microbial ecology
Marine habitats
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Aquatic ecology
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