{"id":6085,"date":"2019-07-09T08:30:04","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T22:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/?p=6085"},"modified":"2023-08-08T07:18:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T21:18:08","slug":"what-a-waste-the-g20-and-the-plastic-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/what-a-waste-the-g20-and-the-plastic-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"What a waste: The G20 and the plastic problem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/tag\/michael-heazle\/\">MICHAEL HEAZLE<\/a>  |   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>More plastic waste is choking the world\u2019s oceans yet despite global declarations and commitments, nothing much is done. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The recent G20 energy and environment ministers meeting in Osaka delivered an \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.g20karuizawa.go.jp\/assets\/pdf\/G20%20Implementation%20Framework%20for%20Actions%20on%20Marine%20Plastic%20Litter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">implementation framework<\/a>\u201d for reducing the rapidly increasing levels of plastic waste choking the world\u2019s seas and oceans. This year\u2019s framework declaration echoes concern already expressed at the 2017 G20 meeting in Germany, and further focuses both government and public attention on the growing threat marine plastic waste poses not only to the marine environment but also to human food security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But despite the G20\u2019s latest declaration of its commitment to reduce marine plastic waste, there is still little reason to believe anything substantial will be done. There are already several international agreements in place to reduce marine plastic waste; the problem, however, is&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/intlaw.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/The-case-for-a-TMPP-Nov-2018-WEB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">they are not having much effect<\/a>. What the Osaka G20 Implementation Framework will do to make these and other measures more effective remains very unclear since it is so short on detail.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please click here to read the full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowyinstitute.org\/the-interpreter\/what-waste-g20-and-plastic-problem\">&#8220;What a waste: The G20 and the plastic problem&#8221;<\/a> article published at The Interpreter, written by Griffith Asia Institute Adjunct Associate Professor Michael Heazle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MICHAEL HEAZLE | More plastic waste is choking the world\u2019s oceans yet despite global declarations and commitments, nothing much is done. The recent G20 energy and environment ministers meeting in Osaka delivered an \u201cimplementation framework\u201d for reducing the rapidly increasing levels of plastic waste choking the world\u2019s seas and oceans. 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