Tag: GAIA

Civil Society Calls for Plastic Production Cuts on World Environment Day

Stuart Mitchell

On last months World Environment Day, civil society leaders around the world are holding participating countries accountable to their shared commitment to ratify a plastics treaty that targets the full lifecycle of plastics– including production.  The theme of this year’s World Environment Day is #BeatPlasticPollution, a campaign led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The choice of this theme is particularly timely given that what is hoped to be the final round of negotiations for an international plastics treaty will be held later this year, on August 5-14 in…

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GAIA Calls for Greater Accountability, Inclusiveness, Transparency in Plastics Treaty Process

Stuart Mitchell

The Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA), a network with more than 1,000 members in all United Nations regions, delivered an open letter to the International Negotiating Committee (INC)  Bureau– the governing body of the plastics treaty negotiations– calling for greater accountability for the Chair, Luis Vayas Valvidieso of Ecuador.  Ana Rocha, Director of Global Plastics Policy at GAIA, states: “Civil society has been locked out of the negotiations multiple times, from intersessional work to key meetings during INC-5, going against mandated procedures even when countries stated support for stakeholder…

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