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

The Graduate Institute Geneva

Research output: Other contribution › Web publication/Blog post › Popular science

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

Free 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/

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