'Plastics are fossil fuels in another form,' said U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres, 'and pose a serious threat to human rights, the climate, and biodiversity.'
must show leadership by pushing the negotiations forward and calling for more ambitious measures which protect our health, our climate, and our communities from the plastics crisis."
"There is strong scientific consensus that plastics-associated chemicals cause diseases," Carlini continued."If the treaty is to succeed in meeting its health objectives, it will be essential to set strict conflict-of-interest policies going forward.
However, he warned,"this is just the first step towards a legally binding global treaty that can help us stop plastic pollution.""The next stage of negotiations will be more challenging, as countries must agree on the technical measures and rules," said Lindebjerg."Although in the minority, there are also some powerful opponents of global rules and standards, which risk potentially weakening obligations on countries to take action.
Now negotiators must harness this momentum to push for specific rules to be negotiated as part of the treaty.""Negotiations at INC-1 this week demonstrated that the majority of countries are ready to take urgent action to confront the plastics crisis, including by addressing the plastic production that drives that crisis," said CIEL president Carroll Muffett.
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