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California, for example, has become a global leader in reducing the use of plastic bags and other single-use plastics that often end up in the ocean. The United Nations plastic treaty negotiations ...
The plastics treaty was supposed to create a funding mechanism for a transition away from plastics. While the text acknowledged that it is the responsibility of the polluter to pay, it failed to ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States, one of the world's biggest plastic makers, will support a global treaty calling for a reduction in how much new plastic is produced each year in a major ...
Following UNEA-5.2, The mandate specifies that the INC must begin its work by the end of 2022 with the goal of "completing a draft global legally binding agreement by the end of 2024." [ 4 ] Work towards the treaty began with the meeting of an ad hoc open-ended working group in Dakar, Senegal from May 30 through June 1, 2022. [ 5 ]
The Scientists' Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty is a network of international, independent scientific and technical experts on plastic pollution. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They aim to provide scientific information to countries involved in the negotiations towards a global agreement to end plastic pollution . [ 1 ]
Negotiations to draft a legally binding treaty to tackle the global plastic pollution crisis have ended without an agreement, as countries failed to agree on key issues like cutting plastic ...
BUSAN, South Korea − Countries negotiating a global treaty to curb plastic pollution failed to reach an agreement late Sunday, with more than 100 nations seeking to cap production while a ...
The first round of negotiations on a global plastics treaty ended on Friday with agreement to end plastic pollution but a split on whether goals and efforts should be global and mandatory, or ...