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Countries Meet in Kenya to Discuss Terms of Plastic Agreement
Countries Meet in Kenya to Discuss Terms of Plastic Agreement
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According to the United Nations, plastic pollution negatively affects over 800 marine and coastal species. Approximately 11 million pieces of plastic waste... 13.11.2023, Sputnik Africa
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Kenyan capital Nairobi is hosting negotiations on a global treaty to combat plastic pollution from November 13-19, according to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).Since 2022, when UN member states adopted a resolution establishing an Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) with the goal of finalizing a proposed global legally binding agreement by the end of 2024, nations have met twice to work on this issue.This week's talks will be the first review of the draft treaty agreement released in September, which outlines many options for tackling the plastic problem. The nations aim to conclude negotiations on the treaty by next year, with a view to adopting it by mid-2025.On Saturday, hundreds of environmental activists took part in the demonstration in Nairobi, calling for drastic cuts in plastic production.Plastic pollution is one of the most pressing environmental issues in Africa. According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's 2022 report, plastic waste will increase sixfold by 2060.
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Countries Meet in Kenya to Discuss Terms of Plastic Agreement
According to the United Nations, plastic pollution negatively affects over 800 marine and coastal species. Approximately 11 million pieces of plastic waste enter the oceans each year, this number could triple by 2040. To end plastic pollution, UN member states agreed in 2022 to forge an international legally binding agreement on the issue by 2024.
Kenyan capital Nairobi is hosting negotiations on a global treaty to combat plastic pollution from November 13-19, according to the United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP).Since 2022, when UN member states adopted a resolution establishing an Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) with the goal of finalizing a proposed global legally binding agreement by the end of 2024, nations have met twice to work on this issue.
This week's talks will be the first review of the draft treaty agreement released in September, which outlines many options for tackling the plastic problem. The nations aim to conclude negotiations on the treaty by next year, with a view to adopting it by mid-2025.
On Saturday, hundreds of environmental activists
took part in the demonstration in Nairobi, calling for drastic cuts in plastic production.
Plastic pollution is one of the most pressing environmental issues in Africa. According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's 2022 report, plastic waste
will increase sixfold by 2060.
