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Geopolicy: Combating plastic pollution – research, engagement and the EU Plastic Strategy

February 23, 2018
Geopolicy: Combating plastic pollution – research, engagement and the EU Plastic Strategy
Plastic pollution. Credit: mitchell haindfield (distributed via Flickr).

Awareness around the prevalence of plastic pollution, particularly in our oceans, has been growing over the last few years. This is not surprising considering that plastic production has surged from 15 million tonnes in 1964 to 311 million tonnes in 2014 and models have shown that this number will double again within the next 20 years in a business as usual scenario. Furthermore, research conducte ...[Read More]

GeoPolicy: Reaching out on Twitter – casually engage with policymakers!

December 22, 2017
GeoPolicy: Reaching out on Twitter – casually engage with policymakers!
Twitter. Credit: tayloright (distributed via tayloright).

Reaching out to policymakers and sharing your research with them can seem like a daunting task! While there are many formal outlets for engaging with policymakers (such as completing questionnaires, contributing to workshops and participating in paring schemes), there are also more casual methods that can be done sporadically and with less effort. One example of this is engaging with policymakers ...[Read More]