• Second International Symposium on Plastics in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic Region 22-23 November 2023 - Reykjavík, Iceland  #ArcticPlastics2023

    Second International Symposium on Plastics in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic Region 22-23 November 2023 - Reykjavík, Iceland #ArcticPlastics2023

About the Symposium

About the Symposium

Symposium announcement and information.
Plastics in the Arctic

Plastics in the Arctic

Learn more about plastics in the Arctic.

Arctic Plastics 2021

Arctic Plastics 2021

Read about the first symposium from 2021

ICES Calls for submissions to Symposium Issues (SIs)

The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) and ICES Journal of Marine Science (ICES JMS) strive to advance marine science by publishing Symposium Issues (SIs). SIs are a series of coordinated contributions that were presented at an ICES co-sponsored symposium. These collected articles are introduced by a synthetic overview of the symposium objectives and its outcomes.

ICES now welcomes submission on the following themes:

  1. Monitoring and assessment of plastic pollution in the Arctic.
  2. Methodological developments to determine macro, micro and nano plastics.
  3. Sources and transport of plastic in the Arctic and sub-Arctic.
  4. Impacts of marine litter in the Arctic (environmental, economic and social).
  5. Arctic challenges and solutions for improved waste management.
  6. Tackling plastic pollution: international collaboration, policies, best practices and novel developments from around the world.
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Symposium Hosts

Ministy for Foreign Affairs, Iceland
Ministry of the Environment, Energy and Climate
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries

Main Partners

Greenland Institute of Natural Resources
Centre for the Ocean and the Arctic

Symposium Partners

ICES
OSPAR Commission
GRID Arendal
UArctic
UNESCO - Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
Polar Institute, Wilson Centre
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)
Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME) Working Group of the Arctic Council

With financial support from the Nordic Council of Ministers

NCM