Europe emphasizes plastic pollution at OOC Korea

Europe emphasized paths to combat the plastic pollution of the sea in the 10th edition of our Ocean Conference in Busan, South Korea.

According to the topic “Our Ocean, our action”, the conference brought together more than 2,600 ocean leaders from over 100 countries, which, according to Korea's Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, led 277 global promises of 9.1 billion dollars.

At the conference, Charlina Vcheva, General Director for Maritime Affairs and Fishing at the European Commission, underlined the commitment of the European Union to combat plastic pollution.

“The EU will continue to choose a global solution to combat plastic pollution,” said Vitcheva.

“A global contract of plastics is more necessary than ever. If the business continues as usual, plastic production will triple by 2060,” said Vitcheva and repeated warnings of the OECD that an increasing plastic use-especially the short-lived product-one strong increase in pollution could increase if an urgent measure to reduce the demand, the improvement and improve the recycling is taken.

The UN environmental program estimates that 19 to 23 million tons of plastic waste are currently entering aquatic ecosystems and threatening ecosystems, biological diversity and livelihood with human livelihood.

South Korea has promised 3.7 trillion WON (2.7 billion US dollars) to promote its Korea Blue Action Plan, part of a broader international efforts to promote the sustainability of the ocean. The plan describes 76 national obligations to preserve marine ecosystems and to promote sustainable development, said the Ministry.

This year's conference welcomed a delegation from 11 representatives from Germany, Greece, Ireland and other EU member states to facilitate the maritime agenda and outreach activities for the environmental protection of the sea.

According to the EU delegation in Korea, Busan City has closed a sensible and tangible cooperation with the EU and recognized its role and identity as a global ocean city.

Remarkably, on April 28, a used campaign for the recycling of fishing took place as part of these efforts.

Despite the global crisis, there are signs of progress, said Vitcheva and emphasized that the sea loyalty on the EU coast has decreased by almost a third, which is due to the success of the governments, civil society and the citizens of the EU framework of the EU framework.

The EU delegation in Korea also emphasized the growing partnership with Korea as part of the EU Korea Green partnership, which was introduced in 2023.

As part of the partnership, the EU delegation organized a secondary event entitled “How the circular economy will end the plastic pollution of the sea: a joint effort of the ambitious guidelines and innovative companies”.

The seminar arrived the global political decision -makers, industry leaders and representatives of civil society to examine innovative solutions based on the principles of the circular economy that aimed at the pollution of marine plastic dirt.

“We have had the green partnership with Korea since 2023, and their key elements include the cooperation on the development of new round economic models, which are strategic when combating global problems with the pollution of marine plastic in Korea Maria Castillo Fernandez.

“We have to align our approaches to create a supportive framework for transformative innovations,” she said.

In the meantime, the Netherlands demanded ambassadors in Korea Peter van der Vliet for upstream solutions.

“It begins with more intelligent design, reuse of systems and business models that reduce the stress of nature,” said van der Vliet and asked courageous international politics to promote innovations.

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