Hi,

Please join us in partnership with the Delegation of the European Union to the United States for an Earth Day Live event this Wednesday, January 26 at 11 am EST (GMT -5) entitled Turning the Tide on Plastic Pollution: Mobilizing Around a Global Plastics Treaty. This digital event will focus on mobilizing governments to mandate a legally binding plastics pollution treaty coming out of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2).

Plastic pollution ranging from plastic bottles and packaging to textiles and cosmetics is a complex issue requiring even more complex and dynamic solutions. Despite the growing global consensus that comprehensive solutions are needed, no binding international efforts exist to combat this issue until now. 

This Earth Day Live event will feature international voices leading the charge to advocate for an international treaty banning plastics. Global leaders on multilateralism and pollution controls will provide a comprehensive overview of this treaty, ways that it can develop leading up to UNEA-5.2 and beyond, and ways you can support this providential opportunity to take action against plastic pollution. 

We have the opportunity to turn the tide on plastic pollution, will you join us?

The event will be approximately 1 hour and hosted on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube and on our webpage. By RSVP'ing, you'll receive a reminder on the day with a link to view the event.

Current panelists include:

• Mr. Hugo-Maria Schally — Head of Unit, Global Environmental Cooperation & Multilateralism, European Commission
• Ms. Ana Teresa Lecaros — Director of Environment, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru
• Ms. Juliet Kabera —  Director General of Rwanda Environment Management Authority
• Mr. Gavin McIntyre — Chief Commercialization Officer and Co-Founder of Ecovative
• Ms. Kathleen Rogers, Moderator — President of EARTHDAY.ORG

We look forward to an engaging conversation on the future of plastic pollution through the lens of an international plastics treaty. 

Best,

Matt Lefler
Director of the Great Global Cleanup and Citizen Science