Exploring the Option of a New Global Agreement on Marine Plastic Pollution – A Guide to the Issues

List of abbreviations

Ad hoc open-ended expert group on marine litter and microplastics

AHEG

Convention on Biological Diversity

CBD

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

CITES

Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Conference of the Parties

CLRTAP

COP

European Union

EU

Global Environment Facility

GEF GPA

Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land- Based Activities International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships

MARPOL

United Nations

UN

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

UNCLOS

United Nations Environment Assembly United Nations Environment Programme United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer

UNEA UNEP

UNFCCC

VCPOL

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