O combate à poluição por plástico nos oceanos: da formação de agenda às negociações para a construção de um acordo internacional

Abstract

The present study aims to analyze how the issue of marine pollution has been treated internationally from a state perspective since the 1970s in political-regulatory frameworks and contextualize the problem of plastics in the oceans until reaching the international call, within the scope of UNEP, for negotiations on a legally binding international instrument on the subject. In this regard, it provides a historical and political-regulatory overview to contextualize marine pollution and the issue of plastics in the oceans, revealing the complexity of this subject within the field of international relations as a matter of common resource governance and a collective action problem. To this end, a process tracking was carried out from the formation of the agenda until reaching the international call, associated with the documentary analysis of the relevant treaties and conventions.. Subsequently, the implications of incorporating the issue of plastics into the international environmental agenda and the status of the negotiations were assessed through relevant literature and the chosen theoretical framework.