Major Plastics Treaty Ends in Failure

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Diplomats around the world have ended nine -day discussion in Geneva – and a marathon overnight session that lasted early Friday – without any agreement on a global plastic agreement.

Ay Closing plane It started at AT at AT PM – It was 15 hours after the beginning – almost all the countries were opposed to a Update draft Among the UN agreements, the chairman of the negotiating committee, Ecuador’s diplomat, Luis Bais Viyas, was in front of Viyas Valdiviso. Many of the representatives said that this text was not reflected under the UN Environment Legislative Resolution to “Complete Plastic Pollution” by addressing plastic “full life cycle”.

“We can really say sadly that we will not have any agreement to end plastic pollution here in Geneva,” the chief negotiator of Norway, Andreas Bezelland, told the chairman. Valdviso won the meeting after 9am that they would continue on the next date with the promise that they would continue.

The decision is the controversial end Weeks and one -and -a -half discussions Time Fifth session “resume” About the discussion of a UN plastic agreement, which began in Geneva on August 4. Delegates came to town in the hope of finalizing an agreement by Thursday, already already Go out of their original deadline To complete the contract at the end of 2024.

The symptoms of logjam were also clear in the first few days of the discussion, however, the countries leaned towards the same red lines they were stuck during the previous discussion. A so -called ”Equino“Oil -producing countries say that it will not accept legally compulsory obligations and other countries will not oppose the extensive provisions, as well as the new plastic production control, as well as compulsory manifestations and periodicals of dangerous chemicals used on plastic.

Ay August 9 is fullThree observers independently told Grisch that the countries felt like the “Groundhog Day” of the discussion with the review of the familiar conversation points. Sens discouraged compromise from all countries around the Sens-based decision-based decision-making, though the Samantha group-which is among Bahrain, Iran and Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Russia-is especially integrated and understand that it can only block the proposals instead of changing its position. Representatives added several suggestions, instead of spraying a draft of a draft agreement that was prepared late last year during the previous meeting of South Korean Busan.

During the Geneva discussion, representatives rejected two new drafts of agreement prepared by Valdiviso: a Release on WednesdayWhich were so objectionable that the countries said it was it “Malicious“And” no demonstrate value “is lacking” and the maximum of the most recent Friday is published before the Planery release from 30:30 pm. Busan As the basis of the future discussion.

Despite Friday’s results, the plastic agreement does not seem to death yet. Virtually all countries have expressed interest in continuing discussions – European Union representative Jessica Roswal said that he would not accept “A steady agreement” – And many people used their mic time during the closing plane to remind others at risk.

“We cannot ignore the gravity of the situation,” said Madagascar’s negotiator. “Every day, our oceans and ecosystems and communities are suffering from the consequences of our inability to take decisions and consolidated steps.” Representatives of Tuvalu, Peptua Election Latasi said that failing to implement a deal means “millions of tonnes of plastic waste will be thrown into our ocean, which will affect our ecosystem, food security, livelihood and culture.”

Nevertheless, it is unclear whether the discussion will result in the format of the discussion-especially around the decision-making. The ideals around “Sens Camertis Decision” means the threat of a vote cannot be used to hurt countries away from their red line; If the majority of the vote is not decided, this dynamic change is less likely to change. “This meeting proved that Sens was killed,” said Bajorn Bela, executive director of the international polluting network of health and environmental agencies. “The problem is not going away.”

One of the representatives of Fiji, Senimili Nakora, said during the closing plane, “It is appropriate to look forward to whether the Sens Camei moves forward is not if it stops the process.” Switzerland negotiator Felix Wartley said that “this process requires a timeframe,” and “one of these similar meetings may not bring the breakthrough and ambition.”

Other countries raised extensive concern about the “process” through which the discussion had gone ahead. The meetings were “non -transpeators,” “opaque,” and “vague”, they said during the plane, they probably mentioned the vague instructions received from the secretariat, the bureaucratic agency that organized the discussion.

Ingar Anderson, executive director of the United Nations Environment Program, told reporters on Friday that countries could explain their red lines more clearly. “Everyone needs to understand that this work will not stop, because plastic pollution will not stop.”

Plastic industries, which have been opposed to plastic production control and dangerous chemical groups, say it will support an agreement that “keeps plastic in the economy and outside the environment.” The International Council of Chemical Association Council Secretary Marco Mennsink said in a statement: “A missed opportunity to end the global deal to end plastic pollution, we will continue to support an agreement that works for all nations and can be implemented effectively.”

Environmental groups, scientists and frontline companies were disappointed to leave Geneva without an ambitious contract. They said it would have been worse, if countries decided to compromise The original provision as human health And a ”Just transform“Perhaps the worldwide recycling and waste management policies, including waste selection, are likely to be affected by the change of policies.

In situations, they praised the representatives for not agreeing to the final version of the chair of the chair. Joe Banner, co-founder of the United States-based company, said, “I am very happy that a strong deal was given priority than a weak agreement.” DescentWhich suggests to preserve the health and culture of the descendants of a slavely slave of a swathe in Louisiana involved by petrochemical benefits

“It seems to have been heard in our voices,” Senior Policy Officer of the US Nonprofit Society of Native Native Native Native Native Native Native Native Native Native Native Native Native Native Native Indigenous And the use of indigenous science.

On the contrary, the end of the fullness in Geneva was literally heard in the final moments of perfection. After making more than two hours of statements from national representatives, Valdiviso Mike turned the young, indigenous people, waste selection and others who had been present throughout the week and a half weeks. But from the Youth Plastic Action Network – only one speaker was able to make a statement to the United States in the United States and asked the Kuwait chair to cut them and finish the meeting.

The Plastic Agreement Secretariat is now setting a date and time for another round of discussion, which is unlikely to be until next year. In the meantime, all the eyes will be in the UN environmental rally meeting in December, where Anderson is expected to provide a report on the lack of progress or lack of discussion-and which can present an opportunity for countries to reduce the ambition of the agreement: spelling what this statement is spent. Some environmental groups fear that Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia and others will try to change the mandate so that it does not refer to the “full life cycle” of the plastic, but only plastic pollution – thus transforming this agreement into a waste management which turns into a waste management agreement which is the loss of the product and the environment.

The banner said he was not feeling defeated; In fact, the amount of plastic he is “more enthusiastic” than ever “to fight for legally compulsory restrictions on the world.

He added, “I’m planning to survive,” and to do it, “We need to stop production of plastic.”

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