Professor Richard Thompson OBE FRS is one of three signatories on a letter to United States President Joe Biden calling for independent scientific evidence to inform his country's position on the United Nations Treaty to end Plastic Pollution.
The letter, from the Scientists' Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty, thanks the President and his administration for their stance to date on plastic pollution and environmental justice.
However, it also calls for any future actions and commitments to be directly linked to independent research so as to "ensure accurate, evidence-based decision making."
The letter has been sent ahead of the latest round of negotiations exploring how the treaty, signed by more than 170 world leaders in March 2022, can be effectively implemented worldwide.
It includes an invitation for President Biden to meet with the scientists to explore how their research might directly inform future US policy.
Professor Thompson, Head of the University's International Marine Litter Research Unit, is a Co-Coordinator of the Scientists' Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty.
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