UN Plastic Pollution Treaty ‘one step closer’ to being realized, as negotiators in Paris agree to start developing a draft treaty with global rules to curb plastic pollution

The second negotiation meeting for the UN Global Treaty to End Plastic Pollution (INC-2) has provided another important step forward in global efforts to address the worsening plastic crisis. Concluding last month, WWF strongly welcomes the ‘tangible progress’ made in the talks and the agreement by states to develop a first iteration of the treaty text (a ‘zero draft’) ahead of the next round of negotiations taking place in Kenya in November (INC-3). Recently WWF has seen the vast majority of governments actively calling for an ambitious and impactful global…

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