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
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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 voices demand stronger Global Plastic Treaty
Pacific voices are urging a strong Global Plastic Treaty with binding rules to tackle the escalating plastic pollution crisis, calling for comprehensive rules on product bans, design requirements, and equitable implementation
Pacific Islands calls on the plastic treaty to include legally binding obligations and implementing mechanisms to address legacy plastics
Samoa, representing AOSIS, calls for legally binding obligations in the plastics treaty to address legacy plastics in marine environments, emphasising the disproportionate impact on SIDS
Samoa, as AOSIS Chair, encouraged by work of Pacific SIDS in plastics treaty negotiations
Samoa, as the Chair of AOSIS, applauds the progress of PSIDS in strengthening their capacity to advocate for a binding treaty on plastic pollution, voicing support for their engagement and coordination ahead of the INC-4 session
Palau ratifies UN Ocean Treaty
Palau officially becomes the first nation to ratify the UN Ocean Treaty, setting a strong message to other countries in the region that “the time to protect the ocean and all the life it supports is now”
Accessible and new finances key means of implementation, Pacific countries tell INC-3
PSIDS highlighted the crucial need for sustainable, accessible, and timely financial assistance in addressing the plastic crisis, as their ecosystems face severe degradation from transboundary plastic flow
Solomon Islands, newest member of High Ambition Coalition to end Plastic Pollution, leaves mark in Nairobi
Solomon Islands reiterated its call to end plastic pollution by 2040 and calls for binding provisions in the treaty to restrain and reduce the consumption and production of primary plastic polymers to sustainable levels
Palau, as PSIDS Chair, calls for a revolution to end plastic pollution
PSIDS Chair called for urgent action to finalise a plastics treaty addressing the full lifecycle of plastic by the end of 2024 as 23 million tonnes of plastic are released annually, half ending up in the Pacific Ocean
Fiji calls for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty at the UN Climate Talks in Bonn
Fiji reaffirms support for the Port Vila Call for a Just Transition to a Fossil Fuel Free Pacific and joins Pacific neighbours in calling for the development of a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty