Online Summer School on “Climate Change and Role of Ocean” (on World Environment Day, 05th June 2023 #BeatPlasticPollution & World Ocean Day, 08th June 2023) to be organized by the GLOBAL SCIENCE ACADEMY (GSA), Basti (Uttar Pradesh) India. Students looking to make waves in the world of ocean sustainability are encouraged to participate.

PARTICIPATION IS FREE

· Theme Background:

World Environment Day (WED) #BeatPlasticPollution & World Ocean Day (WOD):

World Environment Day (WED), 05th June, this year (2023) marks its 50th anniversary and the theme is “Solutions to Plastic Pollution”. Along with the theme, the hashtag #BeatPlasticPollution will also be used. More than 400 million tonnes of plastic is produced every year worldwide, half of which is designed to be used only once. Of that, less than 10 per cent is recycled. An estimated 19-23 million tonnes end up in lakes, rivers and seas annually. Microplastics being tiny plastic particles…