This is big - we knew this already but now the data shows that we urgently need to produce less plastic to align with climate goals (and for a bunch of other reasons!)
#PlasticsTreaty#INC4
https://t.co/HG3GoIN10N
.@USAID ensures that underrepresented people in the informal waste sector are included to reduce #OceanPlasticPollution. We’ve launched new policy recommendations alongside @GRIDArendal, @WIEGOGLOBAL & @ISWA_org to include in the #PlasticsTreaty. https://t.co/0A67shaJJH
We need a #PlasticsTreaty to protect our health - IPEN leaders from around the world urge delegates at #INC1 to address health throughout the plastics lifecycle https://t.co/6ymGt5NxkY
Plastics production has skyrocketed since the 1950s and projections suggest #plastics production and wastes may double or even triple in the coming decades.
Learn more in the new IPEN “Introduction to Plastics and Toxic Chemicals.” https://t.co/1e2rN1NbBG
Indigenous peoples calling out plastic pollution in environments and bodies as a problem rooted in colonialism and violence - saying we cannot solve this challenge without First Nations and indigenous peoples having a seat at the table ✊ - right on
#PlasticsTreaty#INC1
#INC1 Chair Gustavo Meza-Cuadra of Peru concludes the morning session by noting broad support for specific #PlasticsTreaty with annexes, similar to other environmental agreements, and that “form should follow function” in the elaboration of the instrument
Global leaders are convening in #Uruguay to develop the first-ever #plasticstreaty. @USAID together with our partners @GRIDArendal @WIEGOGLOBAL and @ISWA_org spotlight the need for a treaty that is fair, just, and inclusive in its design. Learn more: https://t.co/D9h9upzKEl #INC1
It was my greatest pleasure to launch our report on the informal waste and recovery sector '#LeaveNoOneBehind' in the presence of His Royal Highness, Crown Prince Haakon of #Norway, and Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Victoria of #Sweden.
Join us tomorrow for a panel on human rights and climate justice at #COP27 with @sana2 , Amnesty’s Secretary General @AgnesCallamard , HRW’s Executive Director @TiranaHassan and German State Secretary @climatemorgan with yours truly. German Pavilion at 18:30 pm
📢Event starting now!
Effectively combating money laundering from crimes that affect the environment can contribute greatly to fighting climate change.
Follow the discussion at the #COP27#GermanPavilion or watch online here 👉https://t.co/AvI82NqCd1
Biggest crowd I’ve seen at any pavilion is now gathered outside of the German pavilion for a talk on human rights again featuring @sana2. It will be hard for any foreigner to leave COP27 without knowing the name Alaa Abdel Fattah.
Proud to have worked on the development of the Legislative Guide on Combating Waste Trafficking, which was launced today by the UNODC #wastecrime#environmentalcrime ➡ https://t.co/K6elMY0wwl