On the final day of contact groups, time is running out for compiling amendments to the zero draft and a vote to allow vital intersessional work to pave the way for INC-4 looms. Then comes a timely reminder that the natural world too is a stakeholder in the fight against plastic pollution, as monkeys invade […]
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Day 5 of the INC-3 talks in Nairobi to build the first global plastic treaty saw precious momentum lost to delays and procedural difficulties due to the sheer volume of required revisions to the draft – but no lack of resolve or good intentions to overcome these obstacles. Sam Winton reports on the hopes and […]
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The INC-3 UN Plastics treaty negotiations in Nairobi are reaching a critical point, with majority consensus on many key issues and opposition from small but implacable groups of delegates remaining. Sam Winton provides an insider’s view of the current state of progress and what to expect from the remainder of the week. Day 4 of […]
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The mid-point of the week’s INC-3 negotiations in Kenya saw delegates dividing into contact groups to focus on specific challenges and side-events working to ensure key issues, such as re-use, are part of the conversation. Sam Winton, reporting from Nairobi, looks back on a day marked by both consensus-building and increasing polarisation on key sticking […]
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Day three of the UN global plastics treaty talks in Kenya saw progress being made on substantive issues, including the crucial question of how to pay for the treaty to be implemented. Sam Winton reports from the INC-3 negotiations in Nairobi, outlining what has been achieved so far and the enormous task that still lies […]
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The first day of the INC-3 Plastic Treaty negotiations in Nairobi saw coalitions being formed, contention arising over how ambitious the treaty can afford to be and how best to protect international trade, and already there are concerns about running out of time before all key issues are addressed, as with INC-2. Sam Winton breaks […]
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