UN INC-2 ends in frustration as divided nations “lose ground” amid accusations of industry “stonewalling”

The UN’s second round of International Negotiating Committee (INC-2) meetings for a global plastics pollution treaty ended in frustration last week after half of the five-day event was spent re-debating procedural rules, such as...

Read more June 16, 2023 at 10:54 am Louis Gore -Langton

We need a strong plastics treaty that regards people and the planet | Swathi Seshadri at INC2

Swathi Seshadri speaks at the second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment at INC-2.

As negotiation on Global Plastics Treaty gets underway, India should reconsider contradictory stance

The Indian government has kept its eye on billions in revenue from the polluting petrochemical industry while making half-hearted measures to curb plastic use.

Read more May 31, 2023 at 10:31 am Swathi Seshadri

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UN INC-2 ends in frustration as divided nations “lose ground” amid accusations of industry “stonewalling”

We need a strong plastics treaty that regards people and the planet | Swathi Seshadri at INC2

As negotiation on Global Plastics Treaty gets underway, India should reconsider contradictory stance