Governance of Marine Litter in the Arctic (GOMPLAR). Comparing international governance and legal frameworks to inform Arctic governance
Informations
- Funding country
Norway- Acronym
- -
- URL
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- Start date
- 1/1/2021
- End date
- 12/31/2025
- Budget
- 1,475,262 EUR
Fundings
| Name | Role | Start | End | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POLARPROG - Polar Research Programme | Grant | - | - | 1,475,262 EUR |
Abstract
An international research team (Norway, South Korea, China) compares governance mechanisms for marine pollution in the Northeast Atlantic and the Northwest Pacific. Elements of legal and political regimes found in international conventions and agreements in these two regions can be central to forward to processes to stop plastic pollution in the Arctic. The project provides valuable research based knowledge to Norwegian authorities, the Arctic Council and other entities working to stop plastic pollution in the Arctic. A large share of marine plastic pollution in the Arctic come with ocean currents and rivers from other parts of the world. But Arctic fishing and aquaculture industries pollute the ocean through loss of gear, in addition to waste discharge. With few years to go to reach the UN SDG target 14.1 "Byt 2025, prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution", emphasis on effective and coordinated governance schemes is crucial. A comparative study of concrete mechanism in the Northeast Atlantic and Northwest Pacific present a possibility to analyse measures that can be implemented in the regional action plan under development in the Arctic Council. Today, the national policies and strategies in the northeast Atlantic and northwest Pacific regions are inadequate. To reverse the inadequacy of the regulatory frameworks, there is need for concerted international efforts to achieve harmonization. GOMPLAR has five work packages: 1) Northeast Atlantic; 2) Northwest Pacific, 3) The circumpolar context, 4) Orchestration, 5) Circular economy The Arctic Council is heavily influenced and changed because of the tense international situation since February 2022. Without Russia, the Arctic Council has to redefine its activities. We need to consider that in GOMPLAR. Norway will have the Arctic Council chairmanship 2023-2025. This provides us with excellente opportunities to offer input from the GOMPLAR project's research.