As Second-Round Talks End, Activists Urge Nations to Not Let Industry Dilute Global Plastics Treaty

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'It is clear from this week's negotiations that oil-producing countries and the fossil fuel industry will do everything in their power to weaken the treaty and delay the process,' says a greenpeaceusa campaigner after GlobalPlasticsTreaty talks adjourn.

"It is clear from this week's negotiations that oil-producing countries and the fossil fuel industry will do everything in their power to weaken the treaty and delay the process," said one Greenpeace USA campaigner.

"Plastic pollution and the climate crisis are two sides of the same coin," Forbes added."The Global Plastics Treaty must tackle plastic production head-on. This will align with the need to stay within 1.5℃ and move the world away from its plastic addiction. Anything else less than that, and the treaty will fail."

 

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