Global negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution at critical phase in Canada
Time:2024-05-21 13:50:55 Source:entertainmentViews(143)
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — For the first time, negotiators from most of the world’s nations are discussing the text of what is supposed to become a global treaty to end plastic pollution.
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.
Most contentious is the idea of limiting how much plastic is manufactured globally. Currently, that remains in the text over the strong objections of plastic-producing countries and companies and oil and gas exporters. Most plastic is made from fossil fuels and chemicals.
The Ottawa session was scheduled to end late Monday or early Tuesday. On Monday night there could sharp discussion over whether this question of plastic production is a focus for working groups before the next and final meeting.
You may also like
- Candice Swanepoel stuns in a form
- Easter weekend road toll worst since 2021
- Marriages in the US are back to pre
- Astronomers find vast underground ocean under Saturn's Death Star
- Russian theater director and playwright go on trial over a play authorities say justifies terrorism
- Mixed reaction to Three Waters repeal by end of next week
- Shane Reti defends lack of security at Wairarapa Hospital
- Fake Mossad account spreads misinformation about airstrike that killed aid workers in Gaza
- Ricky Stenhouse punching Kyle Busch could lead to suspension