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Delegates called on UN to come up with international treaty to tackle plastic pollution

Delegates called on UN to come up with international treaty to tackle plastic pollution.

UN Environment Assembly opens with call to re-invigorate green agenda-

Nairobi, Feb 28 (EFE).- The United Nations on Monday kicked off the second segment of the fifth Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) in Kenya, with an aim to forge the first-ever binding global treaty against plastic pollution. Norway’s environment minister Espen Barth Eide opened the plenary session with a hammer made from recycled plastic from Dandora, Kenya’s …

Nairobi [Kenya], February 28 (ANI/Xinhua): The resumed fifth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) kicked off in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi on Monday, with delegates renewing call for action on the triple planetary crisis of climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss in order to secure a green and resilient future for humanity.

Roundup: UN Environment Assembly opens with call to re-invigorate green agenda-

Countries participating in UN environment summit expected to adopt blueprint for global plastic waste treaty - Click the link for more details

Talks on a potential plastics pollution treaty are in the home stretch at a United Nations Environment Assembly meeting in Kenya. Negotiators expect to finish March 2.

Delegates from United Nations member countries are considering proposals for a binding global treaty to curb plastic pollution. The U.N. Environment Assembly, meeting Feb. 28 to March 2 in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, is expected to propose an international framework to address the growing problem of plastic waste in the world’s oceans, rivers and landscape. “For…

Delegates from United Nations member countries are considering proposals for a binding global treaty to curb plastic pollution.