The fourth of 10 panels discussions of the Conference will focus on “Preventing and significantly reducing marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities”. It will be co-chaired Messouda Baham Mohamed Laghdaf, Minister for Environment of Mauritania and Carsten Schneider, Federal Minister for Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of Germany.
The panellists will include: Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme; Jessika Roswall, Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy of the European Commission; Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency; Janis Searles Jones, CEO of the Ocean Conservancy; and Wendy Watson-Wright, Chair of the Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection.
