Due to the decline in participation as delegates choose not to travel because of Covid-19, the organisers have postponed until normal travel has been resumed.

CCOA holds its first major conference, to review progress ahead of CCOA co-lead Britain handing over the Chair of the Commonwealth to Rwanda in June. With more than 30 of the 53 Commonwealth countries signed up as members of CCOA, the conference will look at how collaboration in science, policy and action can drive solutions to mitigate the harm of plastics pollution in the marine environment.