Life of Plastic: Talks on global treaty to end plastic pollution begin in Uruguay

Delhi-based think-tank Centre for Science and Environment had released a report November 22 in the run-up to the Uruguay meeting

UN Environment Assembly focuses on moving faster towards Sustainable Development Goals

Ministers and delegates from 170 countries put their minds together to set global Green agenda

UNEA-6 delegates want more action on plastics, Paris Agreement

Some countries complained final Ministerial Declaration doesn't explicitly call for expedited reaching of the much anticipated legally …

UNEA-6: Align investment with science for sustainability of environment, says assembly president

Investments should not happen to detriment of environment, or worsen already-dire situations of many societies

UNEA-6: Rapid adoption of renewables critical for a climate-resilient world, say experts

At the same time, a balance must be struck between the need for and limits of development, they add

United Nations Environment Assembly 5.2: Five aspects of plastic pollution that needs focus

The 5th meeting of UNEA will be held February 28, 2022 in Nairobi, Kenya. 

Life of Plastic: Uruguay talks inch towards last two days; final decision still awaited

Win for wastepickers as voluntary body formed to ensure they are heard; member states now in the process of preparing final international legally …

Time to reset our relationship with nature: UN ahead of 5th Environment Assembly

Addressing environmental crises will also help reach sustainable goals such as poverty-alleviation, food and water security and good health, says …

Global plastic profiles: Here is how countries fare on primary polymers

CSE report groups nations on the basis of laws regarding regulation of what are building blocks of most plastic items, negotiations regarding …

UNEA-6: Extraction & use of world’s resources has grown three times more in 50 years

Global Resources Outlook 2024, released on final day of assembly, reveals shocking statistics

Plastic endgame: Did UNEA 5.2 start a new era

The world’s adoption of the resolution to end plastic pollution by 2024 is only the first step in a long battle

175 countries commit to forge internationally binding treaty on plastic pollution by 2024

The resolution establishes an Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to complete a draft global legally binding agreement by the end of 2024

Global food systems emissions alone can cause global warming to exceed 1.5°C: CSE report

Food systems emit more than transportation and energy use in buildings

UNEA-6 to consider 12 draft resolutions on its final day

While the resolutions are a critical part of UNEA-6, they are not legally binding

Inger Andersen urges inclusion of ‘super pollutants’ such as methane and black carbon in NDCs

By addressing short-lived climate pollutants, the world can deliver climate action, improve air quality and human health, said Andersen at the …

Save the seas: African countries appeal funding for oceans at UNEA5 as calls for action grow

Portugal and Kenya will co-host the second UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon June 27-July 1, where best practices for sustainability of marine …

UNEA 5.2: Pharma, health sectors among 5 major sources of AMR, says UNEP report

AMR could kill up to 10 million people per year by 2050, says report

Plastic-free planet: On penultimate day of INC-3, contact groups complete 1st review of 'zero draft' revised sections

Three contact groups with participating delegates and countries as member were formed by INC Chair to address specific sections of the zero …

UNEA 5.2: Environment ministers call for integrating ecosystem protection with public health policies

UN member states committ to mainstreaming biodiversity, climate change and pollution concerns into all policies at the ministerial declaration …

Is India‘s draft resolution to tackle plastic pollution practical

India’s framework proposed a voluntary approach rather than a legally-binding one

UNEA-6: Report raises concern on India’s reliance on single-use plastics; cites study to support reuse systems

The Zero Waste Europe-NHF study cited encompassed the perspectives of street vendors, customers and policy makers across Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi …

UNEA-6: Over a third of global population living with solid waste, reveals report

World needs to integrate the principles of just transition to a circular economy to better manage waste, says lead author

UNEA-6 opens with a call for environmental multilateralism

It is time to put political differences aside, focus on threats facing the planet and embark on the pathway to a sustainable and safe future, …

Discord from beginning: First round of talks for a global plastic treaty was not a success; here is why

Industry representatives attended the event, even as civil society was often not allowed at most closed door meetings

Life of Plastic: Uruguay meet concludes; implicitly endorses CSE’s position on polymer pollution

Current trends need to be replaced by a circular economy which forms basis of solutions to global plastic pollution problem, the meet concluded &…