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Global treaty talks on plastic pollution kick off in South Korea

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The article highlights a critical meeting in South Korea where representatives from 175 countries are gathering to negotiate a worldwide treaty aimed at curbing plastic pollution. The talks, which opened on Monday, follow a chaotic conclusion to the COP29 climate talks in Baku, where a diplomat described the plastic pollution issue as an "existential challenge" that humanity must rise to meet. The treaty, which is seen as a significant multilateral environmental deal since the 2015 Paris climate accord, aims to rapidly reduce the surging plastic pollution problem.

  1. DK
    Inger Andersen
    United Nations Environment Program
    1. It is an insurance policy for this generation and future ones, so they may live with plastic and not be doomed by it.
    2. We are only in the first few hours.
    3. We have to get something with targets and we're not going to wait 21 years for it.
  2. EC
    Luis Vayas Valdivieso
    1. It is about humanity rising to meet an existential challenge.
  3. SA
    Eyad Aljubran
    1. The reality is that many countries do not see themselves represented in this paper.
  4. Worldwide Fund for Nature
    1. After two back-to-back failed summits on nature and climate, Busan needs to be a refuge from further nature and climate inaction.
  5. US
    Christina Dixon
    Environmental Investigation Agency
    1. Given what happened under the previous Trump administration, I think it's quite unlikely that Trump would ratify the treaty.
    2. Waste management capacity is overwhelmed; we have an oversupply and abundance of plastic.

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sources

  1. 1.France 24
  2. 2.CNA News
  3. 3.DW News
  4. 4.Agence France-Presse

perspectives

  1. 1.Multilateralism
  2. 2.Biodiversity
  3. 3.Pollution

countries

  1. 1.CanadaCA
  2. 2.ChinaCN
  3. 3.EcuadorEC
  4. 4.IndiaIN
  5. 5.Iran, Islamic Republic ofIR
  6. 6.Korea, Republic ofKR
  7. 7.NorwayNO
  8. 8.PeruPE
  9. 9.Russian FederationRU
  10. 10.RwandaRW
  11. 11.Saudi ArabiaSA
  12. 12.United StatesUS

organizations

  1. 1.Greenpeace
  2. 2.United Nations Environment Program
  3. 3.Center for International Environmental Law
  4. 4.Environmental Investigation Agency
  5. 5.Eunomia Research and Consulting
  6. 6.High Ambition Coalition
  7. 7.Ocean Campaign
  8. 8.Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
  9. 9.Worldwide Fund for Nature

persons

  1. 1.Christina DixonUS
  2. 2.Inger AndersenDK
  3. 3.Luis Vayas ValdiviesoEC
  4. 4.Daniela Duran Gonzalez
  5. 5.Donald TrumpUS
  6. 6.Eyad AljubranSA