About the Host Consortium
Primary Donor & National Government Liaison:
The Mission of the United States Department of State Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs听leads U.S. diplomacy to conserve and protect the global environment, ocean, and space for the prosperity, peace, and security of this and future generations. Read more .
Program Lead & Regional Engagement Coordinator:
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播) is the global authority on the status of the natural world and the measures needed to safeguard it. Since 2014, 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 has been addressing the impact of plastics globally, with a focus on the marine environment. 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 supports and builds capacity for countries to effectively negotiate the International, Legally Binding Instrument for Plastic Pollution. Read more .
Policy & Grantmaking:
The Ocean Foundation鈥檚 Plastics Initiative works to address plastic pollution by engaging with international, national, and sub-national policy efforts. They are an accredited NGO Observer to the United Nations Environment Programme, the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution, the Science Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and to Prevent Pollution, and the Basel Convention. The Ocean Foundation works with NOAA to advance the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development by aligning partners, securing financial commitments, and increasing stakeholder engagement, and is implementing a US Department of State grant to establish the Marine Debris Foundation. Read more .
Convenor & Innovation Prize Organizer:
The Aspen Institute is a global non-profit organisation committed to realizing a free, just, and equitable society. Founded in 1949, the Institute drives change through dialogue, leadership, and action to help solve the most important challenges facing the United States and the world. The Aspen Institute Energy & Environment Program (EEP) addresses critical energy, environmental, and climate change issues through creating and facilitating dialogues with people of diverse perspectives to inform, educate, and create collaborative action plans that further an agenda that protects and improves life on this planet.听Read more .
Private Sector Liaison:
Searious Business听is a leading game-changer in the plastics industry, with an overarching mission to reduce plastic pollution at the source. Over the last 7 years, they have strengthened the private sector, facilitated systemic change, and influenced behavioral change within the industry. As an Advisor to the UN on the Global Plastics Agreement, to the Business Coalition for a Plastics Treaty, Reusable Packaging Association, several investors, and in multiple Plastic Pacts, their reach is global.听Read more .
