Negotiators urge for ambitious treaty at UN plastic talks

The Manila Times

Negotiators urge for ambitious treaty at UN plastic talks  Negotiators for a treaty to curb plastic pollution face a tough debate on December 1, the last day of scheduled talks, as over 100 countries support curbing production while a handful of oil-producing countries want to focus only on plastic waste.  The fifth and final UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee meeting to yield a legally binding global treaty is set to wrap up in Busan, South Korea, but a final plenary session has not been set.  Countries remained far apart on Sunday morning on the basic scope of the treaty. An option proposed by Panama, backed by over 100 countries, would create a path for a global plastic production reduction target, while another proposal does not include production caps.  REUTERS VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital  Sign up to our newsletters: https://tmt.ph/newsletters   Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #themanilatimes #worldnews #pollution

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00:00Plastics are not convenience, plastics are poison.

00:20Every piece that we allow to produce without limits is a direct assault on our health,

00:26on our nature and our children.

00:29For those blocking progress, you are allowing this crisis to fester and it will kill us.

00:36This is just not a treaty about plastics, this is humanity's lie on the sand.

00:44If we don't get an ambitious treaty out of Busan, it will be a global betrayal.

00:54If it does not have the provisions or what we expect from an ambitious treaty, then we'll

00:59come back to the multilateral process and go back to the same process pushing for an

01:04ambitious treaty.

01:06Like we have said and like all of us in this table have said, nobody is going to leave

01:10Busan with a weak treaty, nobody is going to accept a weak treaty.

01:19If you are not contributing constructively and if you are not trying to join us in having

01:26an ambitious treaty, one that is mandated by UNEA 514, then please get out.

01:32The worst case scenario is that we don't get at Busan what we aim for, which is already

01:40concluding the UNEA resolution and having a legally binding treaty.

01:47Not all is lost because this is a multilateral process that can keep working towards that

01:53goal and we will still be working.

01:56I would not say this is a failure.

01:57We have, as you said, a coalition of the willing, over 100 countries that want this and we can

02:03start working together and we are ready to do so.

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