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GPT (Global Plastics Treaty)
Fossil Fuel and Chemical Industries Registered More Lobbyists at Plastics Treaty Talks than 70 Countries Combined
November 15, 2023 NAIROBI — 143 fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists have registered to attend the third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-3) to advance a global plastics treaty, gaining access to the negotiations at a time when the talks are entering a critical phas...
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March 21, 2024
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 the treaty’s voting procedure. While the deadlock was eventually broken...
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March 21, 2024
Global Plastics Treaty
A Global Plastics Treaty is being negotiated under the aegis of the UNEP. This is an outcome of the advocacy with the United Nations Environment Assembly by several civil society organisations globally since 2017. There are to be 4 rounds of negotiations of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Co...
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