The urgent push for a strong global plastics treaty intensifies as Vanuatu’s Rosemary Bue highlights the dire health and environmental impacts of plastic pollution on vulnerable communities, especially women and children
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Stand up for ambition- calls for negotiation extension as critical plastics treaty talks enter final hours
Over 120 nations are demanding a binding global treaty to phase out harmful plastics, as negotiations at INC-5 face deep divisions and calls for urgency intensify
Pacific Women Negotiators: Palau holds a seat at the front table at Plastics Treaty negotiations
Gwen Sisior of Palau, a Co-Chair at the Plastic Treaty Negotiations, leads global efforts to address plastic pollution, drawing strength from her Pacific roots and a supportive sisterhood of women negotiators
Four years later, villagers remain in tents
For nearly five years, the resilient villagers of Nabavatu have endured life in deteriorating tents, battling harsh weather, pests, and health challenges, as they await the promised construction of permanent homes
Pacific countries demand more finance and ambition to fight climate change
Pacific nations demand greater ambition despite COP29’s landmark $300 billion climate finance goal to address escalating global climate crises
40 by 40: Pacific Islands target for reduction of plastic production
Pacific Islands are urging for a 40 percent reduction in plastic polymer production by 2040 at global treaty talks, highlighting the urgent need to combat escalating plastic pollution and its environmental impacts
Pacific Islands push for emissions and releases to be in new Plastics Treaty
Pacific negotiators at INC5 are advocating for a robust plastics treaty to address emissions, releases, and the full lifecycle of plastics, emphasising upstream reduction to protect health and the environment
COP29 Falls short: A betrayal of the vulnerable and failure of leadership
Civil society organisations have condemned COP29 as a catastrophic failure, accusing wealthy nations of betraying vulnerable communities by neglecting climate justice, equity, and adequate finance commitments
“We will not accept a treaty that does not recognise the special circumstances of SIDS”- Samoa as AOSIS chair
AOSIS demands that the global plastic pollution treaty at INC-5 recognise the unique vulnerabilities of SIDS, calling for stronger legal obligations and financial support to address the crisis
INC-5 ‘moment of truth’ for plastics treaty talks
As INC-5 on plastic pollution convenes in Busan, global leaders urge negotiators to take decisive action to protect the planet from the mounting crisis of plastic pollution before it causes irreversible harm