UNEP

G20 members recognise the increasing urgency to tackle the issue of marine litter, especially marine plastic litter and microplastics, on a global scale, further building on existing efforts. At the G20 Hamburg summit in July 2017, the "G20 Action Plan on Marine Litter" was launched. At the G20 Ministerial Meeting on Energy Transitions and Global Environment for Sustainable Growth, Karuizawa held in June 2019, the "G20 Implementation Framework for Actions on Marine Plastic Litter" was established, and endorsed by the G20 Leaders at the subsequent G20 Osaka Summit. As a common global vision, the "Osaka Blue Ocean Vision" was shared by the leaders at the Summit. This vision aims to reduce additional pollution by marine plastic litter to zero by 2050 through a comprehensive life-cycle approach that includes reducing the discharge of mismanaged plastic litter by improved waste management and innovative solutions while recognising the important role of plastics for society.