Quantifying Plastic Pollution to Inform Evidence-based and Effective Interventions (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 20)

Plastic pollution is an archetypical global challenge, the complexity of which means that we still do not have a sufficient understanding of fundamental aspects – for example, the relative importance of its forms, sources, pathways, and receptors.

Andreas Thermann

Mr. Andreas Thermann is an Environmental Finance and Partnership Specialist in ADB’s Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department (SDCC). He is currently overseeing the Ocean Finance flagship program of ADB’s Healthy Oceans Action Plan and working on new financing instruments like bonds and debt swaps to mobilize private capital for environmental projects. Andreas has more than 15 years of professional experience in development finance, mainly at Germany’s KfW Banking Group and the World Bank Group.