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Microplastics and the UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Microplastic pollution intersects with multiple United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, particularly SDG 14 on life below water, undermining efforts to protect marine biodiversity and sustain ocean-dependent communities. Recognizing microplastics as a cross-cutting threat to sustainable development strengthens the case for coordinated global policy action rather than treating it as an isolated environmental issue.
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14 is known as “life below water” and focuses on the ocean. Among other aspects, it regards all forms of pollution, including marine debris. Here we discuss how one specific type of marine debris is a...
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