Progress in Ottawa But More Work is Needed Before INC-5 Ottawa, Canada-The Plastics Treaty fourth Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) closed early this morning, for the first time with draft text…
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…
After four days of streamlining the zero draft, the INC is now closer than ever to substantive negotiations on the key issues for developing the Treaty. Yesterday, while Member States…
Statement Presented by Pamela Miller, IPEN Co-chair April 26, 2024 Thank you, co-facilitators and good evening to all. My name is Pamela Miller, and I serve as Co-Chair of IPEN, a…
Every year, Delbert Pungowiyi’s community comes together to clean up the trash on the beach of his small island in Alaska. “Name a country, any country. Their country washes up…
Ottawa – Today, at an event in conjunction with the Plastics Treaty INC-4 negotiations, Indigenous Arctic and First Nations Peoples shared their experiences facing the interlinked threats from plastics, petrochemicals,…
To understand the global plastics treaty, it’s helpful to go back to the 2022 U.N. Environment Assembly meeting, where delegates agreed to write it. By then, plastics had long been…
by Judith Enck and Pamela Miller Judith Enck is a former EPA regional administrator, the president of Beyond Plastics, and sits on the faculty at Bennington College. Pamela Miller is executive director…
Thousands of negotiators and observers representing most of the world’s nations are gathering in the Canadian city of Ottawa this week to craft a treaty to stop the rapidly escalating…
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…
