Global Development Institute Lecture Series - From China to COVID: Impacts on the Global (and Local) Political Economies of Trash
| Dates: | 13 October 2021 |
|---|
| Times: | 16:00 - 17:30 |
|---|
| What is it: | Webinar |
|---|
| Organiser: | Global Development Institute |
|---|
| How much: | Free |
|---|
| Who is it for: | University staff, External researchers, Adults, Alumni, Current University students, General public, Post 16, Secondary schools |
|---|
| Speaker: | Kate O'Neill |
|---|
|
This talk describes the impacts of recent global upheavals on markets for, and movements of, trash, in the three years since China implemented its crackdown on the imports of plastic and paper scrap, and the 20 months so far of the pandemic. I address what we know about the impacts of Operation National Sword across governance scales, and the global governance response. Then I move onto the impacts of COVID 19, which have gutted Zero Waste policies in jurisdictions across the US and elsewhere, severely impacted waste worker livelihoods and health worldwide, reshaped the quantity and make-up of medical waste, and threatens to undermine global governance initiatives. What do these cases illustrate about this overlooked but significant part of the global economy? What are possible directions forward, and what are some likely political and real-world outcomes?
Register for this webinar: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMqcumhrzkpGdDL_cF-byWnRoRZ3GYjqvrf
Speaker
Kate O'Neill
Role: Professor in Global Environmental Governance and Global Waste Politics
Organisation: UC Berkeley
Travel and Contact Information
