Talks under way in Ottawa on curbing global plastics pollution
Delegates from 174 countries are in Ottawa this week for the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution.
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Delegates from 174 countries are in Ottawa this week for the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution.
OTTAWA, April 24 — Negotiators from 175 nations began talks yesterday on a proposed global treaty to reduce plastic pollution, which is found everywhere from mountain tops to...
Ottawa, 23 April 2024 – The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-4), opened today in Canada’s capital, Ottawa. The session aims to advance negotiations so that the Committee can finalize, at its fifth session (INC-5) in November, the text of the instrument.
A handful of fossil fuel-dependent nations calling themselves the 'Like-Minded Countries' have argued against limiting production or banning certain chemicals
Countries are under pressure to make progress on a first-ever global plastics treaty this week, but they face tense negotiations in the Canadian capital with parties deeply divided over what the treaty should include as talks begin on Tuesday. If governments can agree on a legally binding treaty that addresses not just how plastics are…