{"id":10951,"date":"2022-03-04T08:13:16","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T08:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/un-environment-assembly-to-tackle-global-plastic-opens-in-nairobi"},"modified":"2022-03-04T09:52:41","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T09:52:41","slug":"un-environment-assembly-to-tackle-global-plastic-opens-in-nairobi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/un-environment-assembly-to-tackle-global-plastic-opens-in-nairobi","title":{"rendered":"UN Environment Assembly to tackle global plastic opens in Nairobi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>More than 100 nations convening in Nairobi next week are expected to take the first steps toward establishing a historic global treaty to tackle the plastic crisis afflicting the planet.<\/p>\n

Plastic has been found in Arctic sea ice, the bellies of whales and Earth\u2019s atmosphere, and governments have been under increasing pressure to unite in action against the global scourge.<\/p>\n

Negotiators are hammering out the framework for a legally binding plastic treaty that diplomats say is the most ambitious environmental pact since the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a big moment. This is one for the history books,\u201d Inger Andersen, head of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), told AFP this week.<\/p>\n

The exact scope of the treaty remains to be defined. There are competing proposals being drafted ahead of a three-day UN environment summit starting Monday in Nairobi.<\/p>\n

World leaders and environment ministers meeting in-person and virtually are expected to kickstart the treaty process by appointing a negotiating committee to finalise the policy details over the next two years.<\/p>\n

But more than 50 countries, along with scientists, businesses and environment groups, have publicly called for tough new regulations on industry to curb the torrent of plastic entering the environment.<\/p>\n

This could include caps on the production of new plastic \u2014 which is made from oil and gas, and forecast to double by 2040 \u2014 redesigning products to make recycling easier or less harmful, and phasing out single-use items.<\/p>\n

\u2013 \u2018Treaty with teeth\u2019 \u2013<\/b><\/p>\n

Many countries, including major plastic producers like the United States and China, have expressed general support for a treaty, but stopped short of endorsing any specific measures.<\/p>\n

But there is broad consensus that countries acting alone cannot fix the problem, and a coordinated global response is needed. Since the 1950s, the rate of plastic production has grown faster than any other material, vastly outpacing national efforts to keep the environment clean.<\/p>\n

Today, approximately 300 million tonnes of plastic waste -\u2013 equivalent to the weight of the human population \u2013- are produced every year. Less than 10 percent is recycled, with most ending up in landfill or the oceans.<\/p>\n

By some estimates, a garbage truck\u2019s worth of plastic is dumped in the sea every minute, choking marine life and befouling coastlines around the globe.<\/p>\n

Microscopic particles of plastic can also enter the food chain, eventually joining the human diet. \u201cIt is not something that stops at the border. As we know from plastics in the ocean\u2026 your trash becomes my trash, and my trash becomes your trash,\u201d said Andersen.<\/p>\n

In October, dozens of major corporations including Coca-Cola and Unilever said a plastics treaty with binding targets was \u201ccrucial to set a high common standard of action for all countries to abide by.<\/p>\n

\u201d Environment groups remain wary and want concrete targets and enforcement mechanisms enshrined in any treaty to ensure accountability.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are looking at something that is legally binding and has consequences, and not just a treaty that people can sign onto\u2026. but doesn\u2019t have the teeth to bite back,\u201d said Erastus Ooko from Greenpeace Africa.<\/p>\n

\u2013 \u2018Ready for change\u2019 \u2013<\/b><\/p>\n

Some of the world\u2019s largest plastics manufacturers have also expressed support for a treaty, but say banning certain materials would create supply chain disruptions and hinder improvements to recycling.<\/p>\n

Environment groups have warned that plastic giants would try to steer talks in Nairobi away from firm commitments intended to push companies into making less plastic.<\/p>\n

Two of the treaty proposals adopt a \u201csource to sea\u201d approach: targeting not just trash in oceans and landfill, but also pollution caused by manufacturing new plastic from fossil fuels.<\/p>\n

These proposals \u2013- one sponsored by Rwanda and Peru, and the other by Japan -\u2013 have broad support and are being merged to reach consensus, said sources with close knowledge of the negotiations in Nairobi.<\/p>\n

A third proposal from India -\u2013 which called for voluntary measures -\u2013 does not have wide support. \u201cI think the world is ready for a change in the way we relate to plastic,\u201d said Marco Lambertini, director general of WWF.<\/p>\n

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