Photo Credit: Ottawa march for a Plastics Treaty coutesy FoEI via X
The United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Global Plastics Treaty is holding its fourth meeting in Ottawa, Canada from 23–29 April 2024 to prepare a treayy by the end of 2024. Global Plastics pollution is an escalating Crisis that interlinks with the Biodiversity Crisis and Climate Crisis.
The process for a Global Plastics Treaty was started in March 2022 at the resumed fifth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2). See my reports of INC1, INC2, INC3.
A Zero Draft of the treaty has been prepared with elements of both common rules for all parties, and a nationally driven policy framework, and many procedural issues still to sort out.
UNEP INC4 website | CIEL INC4 preparatory work | Break Free From Plastic News | IPEN
Australia is a member of the High Ambition Coalition to End Plastics Pollution, which put out this joint Ministerial statement before INC4.
Frequently updated article.
25 April - Day 3
The IISD/ENB In the Corridors informal summary of Thursday's negotiation report:
25 April, 2024, CIEL - Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Outnumber National Delegations, Scientists, and Indigenous Peoples at Plastics Treaty Negotiations.196 fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists have registered for the conference, a 37% increase from the 143 lobbyists registered at INC-3.. (CIEL)