‘Privileged access’: pro-plastic lobbyists at UN pollution talks increase by a third
by The Guardian
The Guardian— Fossil fuel and petrochemical campaigners at Ottawa summit outnumber scientists, EU and Indigenous delegatesThe number of fossil fuel and petrochemical industry lobbyists has increased by more than a third at UN talks to agree the first global treaty to cut plastic pollution, analysis shows.Most plastic is made from fossil fuels via a chemical process known as cracking, and 196 lobbyists from both industries are at the UN talks in Ottawa, Canada, where countries are attempting to come to an...
The Guardian—World must come together to tackle plastic pollution, says chair of UN talks. Ecuadorian ambassador to the UK is hopeful impasse can be overcome at treaty negotiations in OttawaAs UN talks begin to agree the first global treaty to reduce soaring plastic waste, the chair of the meetings has said he is confident countries will come together to secure an agreement.Luis Vayas Valdivieso, the Ecuadorian ambassador to the UK, admitted it would be a challenge to overcome an impasse that has emerged between countries which produce plastic and others that have ambitions to tackle...
Fast Company—The 'godfather of microplastics' talks about the challenges of halting plastic pollution. Thirty years ago, while counting barnacles, limpets, and seaweeds along rocky shores, I started noticing a daily tide of litter, mostly plastic. As a marine biology PhD student at Liverpool University, I kept removing it, but the next day, there’d be more. [Photo: University of Plymouth] I’m now a leading international expert on microplastics, a term I coined on May 7, 2004, to describe fragments of plastic measuring as small as a millionth of a meter. As I work to help reduce the grip of...
TheJournal.ie—Talks on global treaty to reduce plastic pollution begin in Canada. Nations agreed in 2022 to finalise a world-first treaty by the end of 2024, with concrete measures to battle plastic pollution around the world.