Concern rises over lack of progress as plastics treaty talks restart
Posted on April 21, 2024 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsAs the talks move toward the fourth treaty meeting, optimistic voices argue that countries are prepared to move toward more specifics, a significant advancement from when the talks started in late 2022. But others are warning that the plastics treaty risks falling victim to the same decision-making by consensus process they say has thwarted the Paris climate agreement.
Source: Concern rises over lack of progress as plastics treaty talks restart | Plastics News
But he said there’s growing frustration among other nations that don’t want to rely only on consensus to make decisions.
“As we head into the next phase of negotiations, I don’t think that anybody expects that this can be fully addressed at Ottawa,” he said. “But what is clear is that there is growing public interest, a growing demand from states, to break open the bottlenecks that consensus is forcing us into and really begin addressing these challenges in more fundamental ways.”
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