Reduce marine plastics and plastic pollution by supporting governments and businesses at the city level to accelerate the transition to a circular economy

Brief Description:

This project seeks to reduce regional marine plastics and plastic pollution by facilitating governments and businesses at the city-level, to accelerate the transition to a circular economy thereby responding to national, regional and global marine litter and plastics-related action plans, resolutions and commitments.

Este proyecto busca reducir los plásticos marinos en la region y la contaminación plástica facilitando el que los gobiernos y las empresas a nivel de ciudad aceleren la transición a una economía circular, respondiendo así a los planes de acción, resoluciones y compromisos nacionales, regionales y globales relacionados con la basura marina y los plásticos.

Lead Organization : UNEP-CEP

Donor: GEF

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Geographic Scope: Multicountry (regional)

Project Status: Hard Pipeline

Last Update: 26/10/2020

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Project Profile Manager: Christopher Corbin
Contact Email: christopher.corbin@un.org
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Partners:

Grant (USD): $8,720,000.00

Total co-financing (USD): $0.00

(Co) financing not originating from GEF:

Participating Country(s):

Brazil

Colombia

Honduras

Jamaica

Panama

Contributions to the 10-year CLME+ Strategic Action Programme (2015-2025)

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