UNESCO - EU H2020 LimnoPlast Conference
"Diving into freshwater microplastic pollution: Connecting water, environmental and social sciences"
The conference, co-organized by École nationale des ponts et chaussées and LEESU (Water - Environment - Urban Systems) aims to put the challenge of microplastic pollution in freshwater at the center of the UN's global agenda for sustainable development.
Plastic Pollution is one of the major challenges of the Anthropocene. Freshwater ecosystems are vastly polluted by microplastics, making rivers a major pathway of microplastic emissions to the ocean. Not only will knowledge and innovative solutions, generated by the scientists and Early-stage Researchers supported by the H2020 LimnoPlast project, be disseminated, but the conference will also provide a global discussion platform on action that can be taken by all stakeholders to reduce the freshwater microplastic pollution and its impact on water resources, ecosystems, wildlife and the ocean.
Conference conclusions, key messages and recommendations for policy makers will be a contribution to the 2023 UN Water Conference.
