Plastic-free planet: Paris meet ends after severe delays, with a proposal for zero draft text
- June 4, 2023
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Plastic-free planet: Paris meet ends after severe delays, with a proposal for zero draft text
Subject :Geography
Section: Indian geography
Context:
- The United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee-2 (INC-2) meet being held in Paris on May 29 to discuss a global and binding treaty to end plastic pollution ended on June 2. It was agreed that a ‘zero draft’ text would be developed and put forth before INC-3 in Nairobi later this year.
Details:
- The High Ambition Coalition (HAC) is demanding an ambitious, legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution.
- United Nations has set up Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment.
- Two contact groups went into discussing ‘substance’ and ‘implementation’.
- Contact Group 1 was co-facilitated by delegates from Palau and Germany, while Contact Group 2 was co-facilitated by delegates from Ghana and Australia.