Policy Brief: Climate change impacts of plastics

Nihan Karali (1) , Ellen Palm (2) , Juan Baztan (3) , Patricia Villarubia Gomes (4) , Nina Khanna (1) , Karin Kvale (5) , Ana Luzia Lacerda (6) , Bethany Jorgenson (7)

1 LBNL - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory [Berkeley]
2 Lund University
3 CEARC - Cultures, Environnements, Arctique, Représentations, Climat
4 Stockholm University
5 GNS Science
6 SU - Sorbonne Université
7 Cornell University [New York]

This Policy brief delves into the ways in which plastics production and consumption contributes to the emissions of greenhouse gases throughout the plastic product lifecycle. The document is an output of the Scientists' Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty (SCEPT) working group on climate change impacts, and aims at policymakers involved in the Intergovernmental Negotiation Committee (INC). A French and Spanish version of the brief will be available soon.

Domains: Humanities and Social Sciences

Nihan Karali, Ellen Palm, Juan Baztan, Patricia Villarubia Gomes, Nina Khanna, et al.. Policy Brief: Climate change impacts of plastics. 2024. ⟨hal-04423053⟩