UNEP Global Partnership on Marine Litter (GPML)

Enriched UN / Multilateral · Found: 2026-03-11 11:10

Multi-stakeholder partnership bringing together actors to prevent marine litter and plastic pollution. Provides platform for cooperation, knowledge sharing, and identifying emerging issues. Ongoing partnership facilitating financing resources.

Source: https://unep.org/explore-topics/oceans-seas/global-partnership-plastic-pollution-and-marine-litter

Funding Details

Contact

UNEP Secretariat for GPML. Contact via: https://unep.org/who-we-are/contact-us. Membership registration: https://globalplasticshub.org/partnership

Last Checked

2026-04-20 10:35

Application Checklist

Eligibility

• Your organization must work on marine litter, plastic pollution, or microplastics to be eligible for membership
• Open to any entity type: NGOs, private sector, governments, research institutions, and regional bodies are all welcome

Project Scope

• Focus must align with reducing plastic leakage to ocean, 3Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle), or circular production systems
• Program is global in scope — no geographic restriction on membership

Required Documents

• Register membership via the Global Plastics Hub platform (no formal grant application required)

Constraints

• No direct funding available — GPML is a network platform, not a grant-making body; plan to use it for network access and visibility only
• Quarterly newsletter and resource sharing are primary member benefits alongside network access

Historical Context

The GPML was launched at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in June 2012, in response to the Manila Declaration on Furthering the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities. It has operated as an ongoing partnership since then and was last updated on the UNEP website in October 2025.

Why it was added

UNEP/UN plastic pollution/CE program

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