Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, moderated Session 1: Plastic Pollution: Challenges and the Need for Global Action, at the NUTEC Plastics Roundtable (virtual) for Europe and Central Asia held at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 7 October 2021.

Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA

Distinguished Panelists: HE Mr Mukhtar Babayev, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan. HE Mr Levan Davitashvili, Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Environment Protection and Agriculture of Georgia. HE Mr Ricardo Serrão Santos, Minister of Maritime Affairs of Portugal. Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius, European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission. HE Mr Meelis Münt, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Estonia. HE Mr Christos Dimas, Deputy Minister for Research and Technology, Ministry of Development and Investments of the Hellenic Republic. Ms Halla Hrund Logadóttir, Director-General, National Energy Authority of Iceland. Mr Mats Svensson, Director of Department for Marine Management, Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (on behalf of Mr Jakob Granit, Director-General). Mr Olivier Wenden, Vice President and Chief Executive Of cer, Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation. Ms Eli K. Vassenden, Vice President Shared Services, Grieg Star, Norway.