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Opinion: Japan must tackle plastic pollution on a global scale to truly win gold
July 12, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
Christina Dixon (Courtesy of the Environmental Investigation Agency) Although the Japanese government deserves credit for striving to make the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games the greenest games ever, we need lasting solutions to plastic pollution. The media continues to fawn over efforts to green the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Projects include making medals, athletic apparel and even beds from recycled material. And it was reported that 24.5 tonnes of used plastic, equivalent to roughly 400,000 laundry detergent bottles, were gathered to produce recycled plastic podiums. It is safe to conclude that the Japanese Olympic Committee certainly takes home gold for public relations. But when it comes to plastic, are recycled plastic podiums just a gimmick hiding an uncomfortable truth?
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Overfishing and plastic pollution are big threats to ocean health, but climate change and ocean warming are drastically changing our marine ecosystems.
26 May 2021 The UK has announced its full membership of the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA).
The alliance aims to drive $500 million of global investment by 2030 into nature-based solutions to climate change. The investment will be used to enhance marine and coastal ecosystems such as reefs, mangroves and seagrass beds to increase resilience to climate change and mitigate its impact on coastal communities.
The UK becomes the second G7 country after Canada to become a full member of the Alliance. Through the UK’s G7 and COP26 Presidencies, ORRAA will be uniquely placed to bring the financial sector, governments and NGOs together to drive investment in nature-based solutions and to build resilience in vulnerable coastal communities.