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Attending ICYMARE: A platform for Early Career Researchers
Research Associate Linda Del Savio from the Research Institute for Sustainability – Helmholtz Centre Potsdam (RIFS) attended The International Conference for YOUNG Marine Researchers (ICYMARE) to re[...] Read more
SOS-ZEROPOL2030 at the Black Sea Stakeholder Conference 2024
The Black Sea NGO Network recently represented SOS-ZEROPOL2030 at the Black Sea Stakeholder Conference. Aleksandar Shivarov was invited to present at the event, co-organised by the European Commision,[...] Read more
Blog: Joining sister SCENARIOS project workshop on PFAS remediation
As part of the SOS-ZEROPOL2030 initiative, Dr. Thomais Vlachogianni, Senior Programme/Policy Officer at MIO-ECSDE and leader of the project’s work package on zero pollution acceleration, had the[...] Read more
Editorial second annual newsletter
Dear reader,  Welcome to our second annual SOS-ZEROPOL2030 newsletter! We have a jam-packed newsletter for you with updates from the past year. Our consortium has not sat still since we gathered in P[...] Read more
Blog: Science and policy engage at 34th SETAC Europe
In May, the 34th Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC Europe 2024) took place in Seville, Spain. The SOS-ZEROPOL2030 project was wel represented at SETAC 2024[...] Read more
Blog: Tyre Wear Particles and the Global Plastics Treaty
Members of the SOS-ZEROPOL2030 project team, Emily Cowan and Rachel Tiller of SINTEF, attended the Fourth Session of Negotiations on a Treaty to End Plastic Pollution in Canada (INC-4), where they wor[...] Read more
Second Living Lab focuses on strategies for better governance of PFAS
Hosted by partner Black Sea NGO Network, the workshop called ‘Designing strategies for better governance of persistent chemicals in the Black Sea basin’, brought together stakeholders from several[...] Read more
SOS-ZEROPOL2030 organised its first living lab
This stakeholder event brought together expert stakeholders representing hospitals, industries, water authorities, research institutes, government bodies, and NGOs to collectively explore how we can w[...] Read more
New report: The EU Governance Landscape For Zero Marine Pollution
This report is the second deliverable coming out of Work Package 2, which looks at the building blocks for zero pollution governance and provides an overview of Zero Pollution governance in the EU. Th[...] Read more
Second General Assembly strengthens collaboration and partnership
The second general assembly for the SOS-ZEROPOL2030 project took place in October 2023. The meeting brought together the project consortium of 10 European institutions across 8 countries with expertis[...] Read more
Blog: International Workshop on Marine Debris and Microplastic Pollution
By Andy Booth, Chief Scientist at SINTEF Ocean   From 29th – 31st May 2023, an International Workshop on Marine Debris and Microplastic Pollution took place in Thiruvananthapuram in the Indian [...] Read more
Blog: Brief from the Second Session of Negotiations (INC-2) on a Treaty to End Plastic Pollution
By: Emily Cowan, researcher at SINTEF Ocean “When we listen to nature and we act, we can make progress” – Victor Hugo Between May 29th – June 2nd, 2023 – in the heart of Paris, a[...] Read more
D2.1 The EU Zero Pollution Ambition report SOS-ZEROPOL2030
Our new report ‘The EU Zero Pollution Ambition’ is now out, providing an extensive overview of the policy documents and legislation that make up the environmental pollution framework in Eu[...] Read more
EU funded project Source to Seas kicks off
Marine contamination and pollution occur as a direct result of human activities on both land and in the marine environment. Instances of marine pollution require urgent attention as healthy and clean [...] Read more