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Facts

UNESCO – EU H2020 LimnoPlast Conference
Diving into freshwater microplastic pollution:
Connecting water, environmental and social sciences
Where:
UNESCO – Paris, France
About the Conference:
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. The conference aims to put the challenge of freshwater microplastic pollution at the centre of the UN global agenda for sustainable development. 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.
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Agenda
What we are up to.
06. March 2023
09:30 – 10:00Welcome & Registration
10:00 – 12:00Opening Session – Part I
– Christian Laforsch
– Bethanie Carney Almroth13:30 – 14:30Opening Session – Part II
14:30 – 16:00Mixer Session: Poster Session
16:00 – 18:00Sources Session
– Denise Mitrano07. March 2023
09:30 – 12:00Impacts Session
– Bart Koelmans13:30 – 15:00Mixer Session
15:30 – 18:00Society Session
– Sabine Pahl19:00Conference Dinner
08. March 2023
09:30 – 12:00Solutions Session
Lila Durix13:30 – 15:45Science & Policy Session – including High-Level Science & Policy Panel
Moderator: Aude Vidal
– Richard Thompson15:45 – 16:30Closing Session
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Speaker
Invited persona

Sabine Pahl

Richard Thompson

Christian Laforsch

Bethanie Carney Almroth

Lila Durix

Bart Koelmans

Aude Vidal
