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Podcast on Reducing marine plastic pollution in the Mediterranean Sea

Sep 1
1 min read

Marine plastic pollution is one of the most pressing environmental challenges in the Mediterranean: it's complex, persistent, and deeply intertwined with activities on land and at sea.


In this episode, experts Shannon Mclaughlin and Antoine Lafitte discuss

  • The current status of marine plastic pollution in the Med

  • Policy and governance measures introduced to tackle the problem, including agri-plastics

  • How digital tools can help us better see, understand, and act on marine plastics


Speakers:

  • Shannon Mclaughlin is the academic lead on the case of agriplastics in the Spanish Mediterranean. She is currently completing her PhD at the Environmental Policy Group at Wageningen University where she researches how environmental policies and institutions shape human relationships with nature

  • Antoine Lafitte has 18 years of experience in the field of sustainable development in the Mediterranean. He is acting as interim director of Plan Bleu, a French NGO based in Marseille (France) supported by French government since 1977 and one of the 7 Regional Activity Center of the UNEP MAP




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PERMAGOV has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme HORIZON-CL6-2022-GOVERNANCE-01-03 under grant agreement No 101086297, and by UK Research and Innovation under the UK government’s Horizon Europe funding guarantee grant numbers 10045993, 10062097, 101086297.

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