UProf. Noreen O'Meara

Ukubandakanyeka kwi-ISC

• Ilungu leqela leengcali ze-ISC kwi ngcoliseko lwe plastiki

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UGqr Noreen O'Meara yiNjingalwazi kunye noSihlalo weSapho saseSynnott kuMthetho waseYurophu kwiYunivesithi yaseCork, eIreland. Ngaphambi kwesikhundla sakhe sangoku, wayenguNjingalwazi oNxibeleleyo wamaLungelo oLuntu, uMthetho waseYurophu kunye noBume beNdawo kunye no-co-director weZiko le-Surrey loMthetho waMazwe ngamazwe kunye nokusiNgqongileyo (SCIEL) kunye nolawulo olukhokelayo kwiNethiwekhi eLawulayo yePlastiki.

Ngemvelaphi yokusebenza kwezomthetho kumaziko e-EU (iKhomishini yaseYurophu kunye ne-CJEU), uNoreen uneminyaka eyi-14 yamava kwi-academia. Ngobuchule obungasemva kumthetho wamazwe ngamazwe wamalungelo oluntu kunye nomthetho we-EU, uye waphuhlisa ubuchule obuninzi kulawulo lwendalo esingqongileyo: ngokukodwa ekujonganeni nongcoliseko lweplastiki kumanqanaba esizwe, engingqi kunye nehlabathi.

Uphando lwakhe olupapashiweyo malunga nolawulo lweplastiki lubandakanya: ukuphunyezwa koMyalelo wePlastiki yokusetyenziswa okukodwa kwi-EU kunye ne-UK (O'Meara 2020); iGlobal Plastics Treaty Negotiations (O'Meara 2023); kunye namaLungelo oLuntu kwiSivumelwano sePlastiki yeHlabathi – iimpembelelo zemozulu, i-ecosystem nempilo yabantu (O'Meara 2023). Uthathe inxaxheba njengomkhi-mkhanyo kwezemfundo e-INC-2 kwaye uceba ukuya kwi-INC-4 kunye ne-INC-5.

Njengoko uphando lolawulo lukhokelela kwiNethiwekhi yePlastiki eLawulayo ekhokelwa yiYunivesithi yaseSurrey kunye neNairobi, unerekhodi-irekhodi njenge-PI kunye ne-CO-I kwiiprojekthi ze-interdisciplinary (abaxhasi: UKRI / GCRF, EPSRC, ESRC, UGPN, iBritish Academy kunye neNkqubo yokusiNgqongileyo ye-UN (UNEP)). Ngokusebenzisa iNethiwekhi yePlastiki eLawulayo, uphando lweprojekthi kaNoreen kulawulo lweplastiki lugxininise ngakumbi eMpuma Afrika nakwiCaribbean, eBrazil naseOstreliya.

Iprojekthi yakhe yamva nje yophando ikhokela isifundo ngezixhobo zomthetho kunye nemigaqo-nkqubo yokujongana nongcoliseko lweplastiki (eyalelwe yi-UNEP). Iiprojekthi zophando zangoku zivavanya urhwebo lwehlabathi kunye nenkunkuma yeplastiki, kunye nokudibana phakathi kwamalungelo oluntu kunye nongcoliseko lokusingqongileyo.

Eli phepha lihlaziywe ngoJuni 2024.