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Research on the Global Marine Plastic Pollution Prevention and Control from the Perspective of International Law
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This paper examines international legal frameworks for addressing marine plastic pollution, identifying key gaps such as fragmented legislation and weak enforcement mechanisms. It proposes pathways forward including advancing a Global Plastics Agreement and better coordinating hard and soft law instruments.
The increasing marine plastic pollution seriously threatens the marine environment and ecosystem, human health and the global economy, attracting wide attention from the international community. Despite the continuous efforts and attempts made at the global and regional levels in the legal regulation of marine plastic pollution, there are still many legal dilemmas such as the fragmentation of marine plastic pollution legislation, the lack of legislative specificity, and the difficulty in the implementation of existing relevant international regulations. In this context, this paper seeks to explore ways to deal with global marine plastic pollution from three aspects: promoting the enactment process of the “Global Agreement on Plastic Pollution”, coordinating hard laws and soft laws, and improving the implementation mechanism of marine plastic pollution prevention and control.
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