The Global Plastics Treaty, How Nurses Can Support Communities through Policies: Overview and Objectives

Concerns are rising among Indigenous Peoples, frontline communities, scientists, and other representatives of civil society about the involvement of the fossil fuel and chemical industries, whose interests are in direct conflict with Global Plastic Treaty treaty objectives. In Alaska and the circumpolar Arctic, the combined effects of destructive extraction of fossil fuels, releases of oil and toxic chemicals associated with exploration and production of fossil fuels, and climate change are harming the health and well-being of communities. This webinar discusses the Global Plastic Treaty and how groups like Alaska Community Action on Toxics (ACAT) are participating in these negotiations. This webinar also discusses opportunities for nursing action where nurses can work strategically at the local, state and federal level. 

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe how communities in the Arctic disproportionately experience health and environmental impacts from the global use of chemicals and plastics.
2. Explain how the fossil fuel and chemical industries interests are in direct conflict with Global Plastic Treaty treaty objectives.
3. Identify and define 2 actionable steps that nurses can take to create and support a post-extractive future and further the work of the Global Plastics Treaty.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 17198, for 1 contact hour.