An international framework that brings governments, local authorities, civil society, research institutions, business and financial institutions together around marine litter as climate action.
10 Good practices
Documented with objectives, indicative costs, outcomes, climate relevance and conditions for replication
8 Registered commitments
Voluntary promises with a target date and the indicators progress will be reported against
25 Contributing organisations
Governments, local authorities, civil society, research institutions, business and financial institutions
14 Countries
Where the documented work takes place, from source reduction to coastal ecosystem restoration
The Marine Litter Action Platform connects knowledge, commitments, financing and monitoring in one shared cycle of action. Existing initiatives produce valuable methods and partnerships, but knowledge, funding opportunities, monitoring systems and progress information remain scattered across separate platforms. That fragmentation slows the transfer of good practices and limits their wider adoption.
Plastics generate greenhouse gas emissions across their life cycle, while extreme weather, flooding and sea-level rise push more waste into the sea. Marine litter also weakens seagrass meadows, coastal wetlands and other blue carbon ecosystems that store carbon and protect coastlines. Preventing marine litter and restoring these ecosystems reinforce each other as climate action.
Verified good practices, methodologies and policy instruments in one searchable, comparable format.
Projects needing support are connected with public resources, climate funds and development partners.
A map-based inventory of what runs where, by country, region, stakeholder group and intervention type.
Documented solutions, from source reduction and Zero Waste Blue applications to ghost gear management and coastal ecosystem restoration, in one standard format.
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Projects seeking technical or financial support appear alongside calls from public funds, climate finance mechanisms and development partners.
See the callsDocument a practice in the standard format, and register what your organisation has promised to do together with the indicators it will be measured by. Both are published after review.
Share a funding opportunity, grant call or technical assistance offer, and browse projects that are looking for finance.
Read published practices, calls and guidance documents and see where action is taking place. No registration is needed.
Civil societyA Fishing Cooperative · Netherlands
Litter caught in fishing nets is landed in dedicated harbour bags instead of being thrown back; monthly tonnage per vessel is logged, making fishers part of the clean-up.
Private sectorA Telecom Operator · Türkiye
Abandoned fishing nets recovered from the seabed by volunteer dive teams are re-woven into beach volleyball nets and donated to coastal facilities and schools.
Public bodyA Provincial Governorate · Türkiye
Pocket ashtrays handed out through beach operators, collection points at beach entrances and a season-long information campaign cut cigarette butt litter in the sand at source.
8 commitments are on record: what organisations have promised to do about marine litter, by when, and the indicators each promise will be reported against.
A University Marine Research Centre · Africa
24 beaches surveyed four times a year by trained volunteers, with the data published openly, from 2027 to 2030.
A Municipal Education Directorate · Americas
All 62 schools running the module and filing at least one survey a year from the 2027 school year onwards.
A Coastal Community Foundation · Asia
300 hectares under guardianship with no net loss, and a published carbon measurement for every plot each year to 2030.
The dashboard shows where action is taking place, identifies geographic and thematic gaps and tracks progress over time. Filter by country, region, stakeholder group and intervention type.
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10practices · 9 countriesA national development agency's programme for coastal municipalities and cooperatives; deadline 30 September.
Read moreExample entries from public bodies, municipalities, civil society and companies are online while the submission and review flow is tested.
Read morePriorities set by public, NGO and private sector representatives across 15 thematic tables.
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