Professor Rosalind Malcolm, co-director of the Governing Plastics Network, opens our coverage of COP26 by explaining why plastic pollution and climate change are all part of the same wicked problem, one driven by a culture of unsustainable consumption. The environmental crisis currently being discussed at the COP26 conference in Glasgow has many causes, and our […]
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More than half of Africa’s 54 nations are now pursuing some form of anti-plastic legislation. Amongst these how has Rwanda, a country with a particularly troubled history, become informally known as one of the cleanest on the planet? Rwanda was one of the first of its neighbours to take up the fight against plastic pollution, […]
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In the inaugural blog post the Governing Plastics Network‘s Director, Professor Nicholas Oguge of the University of Nairobi, Kenya, presents an overview of the current challenges facing African nations in their fight against plastic pollution. Perspectives on Plastic Governance from Africa – Critical areas INTRODUCTION In Africa, plastic is ubiquitous across most facets of the […]
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