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Center for Biological Diversity: OTTAWA, Canada— The fourth session of the United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution, or INC-4, ended today without much-needed progress toward an international agreement to end plastic pollution and protect human health, the climate and biodiversity.
Ligia Noronha, UN Assistant Secretary-General, calls for a shift towards a circular economy to achieve global goals and address inequalities, speaking on behalf of UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen.
Delegates and observers at the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution called it a welcome sign that talk has shifted from ideas to treaty language at this fourth of five scheduled plastics summits.
The last meeting was marred by disagreements.
OTTAWA, Ontario — Nations made progress on a treaty to end plastic pollution, finishing the latest round of negotiations in Canada early Tuesday amid sharp disagreements about whether to put global limits on plastic production. For the first time in the process, negotiators discussed the text of what is supposed…