Parallel session – Towards better data: Monitoring, assessment and related technologies
13.30-15.00
Overview
Parallel session 3 – Towards better data: Monitoring, assessment and related technologies
13:30 – 15:00
Data drives effective policy, business and technological solutions. Defining and prioritizing interventions to address marine plastic litter and tracking their efficacy is, however, undermined by data limitations, including lack of harmonized assessment and monitoring methodologies. Existing data on plastic pollution is often not available to various stakeholders in ready-to-use formats.
This session will focus on finding solutions through better data, including how assessment and monitoring can underpin effective action, and how new technologies can be applied.
Moderator:
Discussants:
- Qamar Schuyler, Research Scientist, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Association (CSIRO)
- Lixin Zhu, East China Normal University
- Ran Xie, Associate Programme Officer, Consumption and Production Unit, Economy Division, UN Environment
- Kavinda Gunasekara, Senior Programme Specialist, Asian Institute of Technology
- Nani Hendiarti, Director, Marine science and technology, Coordinating Ministry of Maritime Affairs (CMMA)
- Suchana Chavanich, Associate Professor, Chulalongkorn University
- Tatsuya Abe, Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan
Presentations
Questions
- What are the current gaps in marine plastic data in the region, and how can these gaps be filled?
- How can data from different sources be harmonized and combined to get a holistic picture at national and the regional level?
- How can new approaches and technologies help fill existing data gaps and facilitate greater use of good quality, unbiased, and purpose-driven data for better decision-making?
