A New International Treaty to End Plastic Pollution: From Ambition to Concrete Commitments, Meaningful Action and Effective Governance

Fredric Bauer; Carolyn Deere Birkbeck

A New International Treaty to End Plastic Pollution: From Ambition to Concrete Commitments, Meaningful Action and Effective Governance

Fredric Bauer, Carolyn Deere Birkbeck

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Abstract

Early March 2022 saw the fifth United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) in Nairobi, Kenya. The UNEA is the highest-level international decision-making body on the environment, gathering delegates from 175 UN member countries to set shared goals and coordinate policy on global environmental issues. In a remarkable achievement, governments agreed at UNEA on a resolution to launch negotiations on a legally binding international instrument on plastic pollution.

This blog post unpacks the what the resolution really means and key barriers that remain on the path to a legally binding global agreement.

Original language	English
Media of output	Blog post
Publisher	The Global
Publication status	Published - 2022 Mar 4

Subject classification (UKÄ)

Environmental Management
Social Sciences Interdisciplinary

Keywords

plastic pollution
UNEA
environment

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https://theglobal.blog/2022/03/04/a-new-international-treaty-to-end-plastic-pollution-next-step-is-translating-an-ambitious-mandate-into-meaningful-action/

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STEPS Phase 2: STEPS – Sustainable Plastics and Transition Pathways, Phase 2
Hatti-Kaul, R., Egan, N., Generosi, J., Hulteberg, C., Bauer, F., Zhang, B., Englund Örn, O., Sayed Ali Sayed, M., Hagman, A., Leiva Eriksson, N., Pyo, S., Madsen, S., Palm, E., Nilsson, L. J., Ericsson, K., Stripple, J., Holmberg, K., Liu, J., Molina-Besch, K., Mankar, S., Warlin, N., Nguyen, T., Nordin, A., Dash, S., Jannasch, P., Karlsson, H., Abdelaziz, O., Garcia Gonzalez, N., Peric, S., Valsange, N. & Rehnberg, N.
MISTRA, Swedish foundation for strategic environmental research
2020/09/01 → 2024/08/31
Project: Research
Petrochemicals and Climate Change: Mapping Power Structures
Bauer, F., Nielsen, T., Skovgaard, J., Tilsted, J. P., Finkill, G. D., Åhman, M., Deere Birkbeck, C. & Cortat, L.
V. Kann Rasmussen foundation (vkrf)
2020/08/01 → 2023/06/30
Project: Research

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A New International Treaty to End Plastic Pollution: From Ambition to Concrete Commitments, Meaningful Action and Effective Governance

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STEPS Phase 2: STEPS – Sustainable Plastics and Transition Pathways, Phase 2

Petrochemicals and Climate Change: Mapping Power Structures

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