SECTORAL POLICIES / Environment

Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee publishes a proposal for a treaty on plastic pollution just a few weeks before negotiations in Busan

Brussels, 04/11/2024 (Agence Europe)

At the end of October, the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) for the ‘Plastics Treaty’ published the third version of a non-paper which is to serve as a working basis for the negotiations in Busan, South Korea, from 25 November to 1 December. 

In the third version, the Chair of the INC, Luis Vayas Valdivieso, puts forward proposals to the stakeholders. In his first version, sent on 24 September, the Ecuadorian was already trying to “simplify” in order to ensure that...