Plastic Pollution : The Klosters Forum

TKF18/19 - PLASTIC POLLUTION

The over-abundance of plastic in our ecosystem is an economic, environmental, human health and aesthetic catastrophe, posing a multi-dimensional challenge to humanity, often compared to climate change in terms of impact, breadth and complexity.

A challenge of this magnitude requires cross sector collaborations, knowledge sharing and support. At The Klosters Forum, this is what we do.

The Klosters Forum convened a select group of key stakeholders during TKF18/19 to address these issues.

Report

After each forum we produce a written summary of the panel discussions and workshops in order to continue to spread the expert knowledge beyond the TKF Community. Please find the Plastic Pollution Report below.

TKF19 Forum Report

PLASTIC POLLUTION SPEAKERS INCLUDED

Cyrill Gutsch

Founder of Parley for the Oceans

Ben von Wong

Artist + Activist

Craig Leeson

Film Director, A Plastic Ocean

Dr. Denise Hardesty

Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO’s Oceans and Atmosphere

Dr. Karin Kemper

Senior Director, Environment and Natural Resources Global Practice, World Bank

Dr. Arturo Castillo Castillo

Research Fellow at Imperial College London & Leader of the Plastic Solutions Network

Andrew Sharpless

CEO of Oceana

Clare Brook

CEO of Blue Marine Foundation

William Winram

World Record Free Diver

TKF18/19 PODCAST WITH HANNAH MACINNES

Hannah MacInnes joined us at TKF19 to interview participants for TKF’s podcast series which is due to be launched later this year.

Hannah MacInnes is a Freelance Journalist and a regular interviewer and Podcast Host for the How To: Academy, chairing interviews, panels and debates across a wide range of subjects and current issues.

Before going Freelance she worked for over 7 years at BBC Newsnight, where, as Planning Editor (and as a Producer / Filmmaker), she secured a number of exclusive interviews including with Silvio Berlusconi, Hillary Clinton and Mikhail Gorbachev.

Plastic Pollution Podcast Guests

Founder of Parley for the Oceans

Director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Marine Debris Program.

Founder and Director of the Indonesian Waste Platform

Film Director, A Plastic Ocean

Principal Research Scientist at Csiro

Co-Founder of Trash Hero

HEAD OF MICROPLASTIC RESEARCH AT THE PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY

CEO, Creative Director, Facilitator at Disrupt Design

General Manager of Sustainability at Swire Coca-Cola Limited

Founder and Managing Director of Ocean Recovery Alliance

Head of Sales and Marketing at Recycling Technologies

The Consumer Packaging Sustainability Manager at MONDI GROUP

Head of Creative and Co-Founder of Revolv, now MUUSE

Principal Marine and Polar Scientist of the Global Marine and Polar Program for IUCN

Founder of Cleanwave.org and Owner of Life Experiences

Previously Marine Plastics Programme Manager at Fauna & Flora International, now at The Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership

Lead of the Circular Design Programme at The Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Senior Officer, Preventing Oceans Plastics, The Pew Charitable Trusts