Maria
Ivanova
Director of the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs; Professor of Public Policy
Maria Ivanova in the Press
How the US Is Abandoning Joint Climate Action Under Trump
European nations, Japan, South Korea and China are likely to try to fill the diplomatic vacuum. China, in particular, will have the authority to lead, said Maria Ivanova, the director of Northeastern University’s School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs.
The UN plastics treaty is at an impasse. Can it reset?
But according to Maria Ivanova, director of the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and codirector of the Plastics Center at Northeastern University, the treaty doesn’t need saving. It needs a reset. “It’s saving when something is dead. A reset is when I hit an obstacle, and I’m gonna turn around.”
Benjamin Von Wong: The power of art against climate change
Maria Ivanova, a researcher at Northeastern University’s Center for Plastics in Geneva, emphasized: “People don’t change their opinions through facts. They change through their emotions. And this is where art plays a key role.”
UN plastics treaty talks fall apart once again
For the last few days, participants could be heard questioning the quality of leadership all around the venue. “There needs to be a different mode of leadership,” says Maria Ivanova, a professor of public policy at Northeastern University.
This sculpture at the UN is covered in more trash each day as nations work toward ending plastic pollution
Standing by the sculpture, Maria Ivanova, an expert in international environmental governance, said it “wakes you up.” Ivanova is the co-director of the Plastics Center at Northeastern University in Boston.
Artist drowns sculpture in plastic waste in front of the UN during plastic pollution treaty talks
Standing by the sculpture, Maria Ivanova, an expert in international environmental governance, said it “wakes you up.” Ivanova is the co-director of the Plastics Center at Northeastern University in Boston.
Oceanographic Magazine
UN Plastics Treaty is the world’s “last chance to act boldly”
“To be effective, the global plastics treaty must address the real world architecture of the plastics economy, where trade is the connective tissue,” said Professor Maria Ivanova, Northeastern University.