Over 100 countries want an ambitious plastics treaty
What was supposed to be the final round of United Nations negotiations for a global plastics treaty ended without an agreement on Sunday, as delegates failed to reconcile opposing views…
IPEN International Pollutants Elimination Network
What was supposed to be the final round of United Nations negotiations for a global plastics treaty ended without an agreement on Sunday, as delegates failed to reconcile opposing views…
Dioxins/furans: Dioxins are a family of chemicals that are some of the most highly toxic substances known. Dioxins and furans are not produced intentionally (and because they are produced unintentionally,…
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…
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,…
Impacts on First Nations and Arctic Indigenous Peoples from Plastics, Petrochemicals, and Climate Change First Nations and Indigenous leaders along with IPEN, Alaska Community Action on Toxics, Environmental Defence, and…
Jo Banner, an environmental justice activist in Louisiana, came to the plastics treaty talks in Kenya to try to convince negotiators to put more attention on how plastics pollution impacts…
This is a brief summary of the happenings and outcomes of the Second Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution meeting in Paris, France, as well as notes…