As the fifth round of negotiations of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) for a global plastics treaty concluded in Busan, South Korea (25 November-December 1 2024), the meeting underscored both the complexities and the promises of multilateralism. What we saw in Busan was indicative of other environmental treatymaking spaces, including
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Phasing Out Plastics: Stakeholders for following global practice
Saber calls upon educational institutions to ditch single-use plastics
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury urged the teachers and students to make educational institutions of the country free from all types of single-use (one time) plastics. "We want to declare the country free of single-use plastic with the aim of building a pollution-free smart Bangladesh. If the
Nations to negotiate terms of plastics treaty in Nairobi
The latest negotiations towards a global treaty to combat plastic pollution open in Nairobi on Monday, with tensions expected as nations tussle over what should be included in the pact. Some 175 countries agreed last year to conclude by 2024 a UN treaty to combat the plastic blighting oceans, floating in