Administered by UNEP with the Secretariat hosted in Thailand, the Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA) is a regional intergovernmental mechanism bringing together Cambodia, People’s Republic of China, Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore and Viet Nam in development and protection of the marine environment and coastal areas of East Asian Seas...

Africa, the second largest continent in the world, is experiencing a higher urban population growth (estimated at 3.5% per year) than any other continent, with a steep rise in the middle class and the associated increase of municipal solid waste from 0.78kg per capita per day to 0.99kg by 2025. When coupled with various waste management challenges, there is an expected increase in mismanaged waste...

The European Union has set in motion various initiatives to combat plastic waste and pollution.