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Bridge to Busan Declaration open for signing at Plastics Treaty talks
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 30, 2024
29 April 2024, Ottawa Canada - Today at INC4 over two dozen countries have signed on to the Bridge to Busan Declaration. Launched at the Plastics Treaty negotiations, it invigorates the call for sustainable production levels of primary plastic...
Trusted Science must ground plastics treaty negotiations - Scientists Coalition
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 29, 2024
28 April 2024, Ottawa Canada - Scientific evidence shows that plastics and associated chemicals, including some bio-based plastics, are destabilising the biosphere, harming the natural environment and living organisms including humans, and...
Pacific adds voice as attention turns to proposed intersession work to advance plastics treaty development
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 30, 2024
28 April 2024, Ottawa Canada - As the clock ticks towards the final hours of the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine...
Empowering Pacific negotiators in plastics treaty negotiations
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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February 12, 2024
12 February 2024, Auckland NZ - The road for Pacific countries to the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment...
Pacific negotiators feel the pressure as INC ramps up work to meet deadline
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 28, 2024
28 April 2024, Ottawa Canada - Delegates from 14 Pacific countries advocating their national and regional priorities at the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) to develop an international legally binding...
Voices of Pacific Women: Marjorie Wells
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 30, 2024
Negotiating a Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution including in the Marine Environment 29 April 2024, Ottawa Canada - Stepping into deep shoes at the Plastics Treaty now underway, this Pacific Islands women negotiator is showing she can...
Pacific Islands calls on the plastic treaty to include legally binding obligations and implementing mechanisms to address legacy plastics
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 27, 2024
26 April 2024, Ottawa Canada - The plastics treaty needs to include legally binding obligations that cover the full lifecycle of plastics including addressing legacy plastic already in the marine environment. The point was raised by Samoa, as the...
Three-point Q and A with Chair of the Pacific Small Islands Developing States H.E Ambassador Odo Tevi
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 22, 2024
21 April 2024, Ottawa, Canada - The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-4), is taking place from 23 to...
Partnerships formalised at Plastics Treaty talks to empower a resilient Cook Islands
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 25, 2024
25 April 2024, Ottawa Canada - Enhancing Cook Islands capacity and learning opportunities when it comes to science, environment and legal policy is at the core of a partnership between the National Environment Service and Monash University in...
Voices of Pacific Women: Diana Hinge Salili
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 25, 2024
Negotiating a Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution including in the Marine Environment 24 April 2024, Ottawa Canada - Seeing this Pacific Island woman still active in the UN negotiation space is rewarding given the first time she was...
FSM advocates for a dedicated multilateral fund for plastics to ensure the effective compliance and implementation of the future treaty
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 28, 2024
The Pacific is disproportionately affected by the global plastic pollution, contributing less than 1.3 percent but our ocean is inundated with bulk of the world’s transboundary washed away plastics which has serious negative environmental, health,...
Three-point Q and A with Palau’s Chief Negotiator Ms Gwen Sisior
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 19, 2024
The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-4), is taking place from 23 to 29 April 2024 in Ottawa, Canada....
Midway INC-4 update: Contact groups work to streamline revised draft text
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 27, 2024
26 April 2024, Ottawa Canada - The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-4) in Ottawa Canada has reached...
Voices of Pacific Women: Moe Saitala Paulo
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 18, 2024
Negotiating a Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution including in the Marine Environment The Fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committing for a Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution including in the Marine...
Members of the Alliance of Small Island States comb through revised draft text of plastics treaty on eve of INC-4
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 19, 2024
18 April 2024, Ottawa Canada - Pacific members of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) have joined the group’s member states in Ottawa, Canada, to comb through the revised draft text of the international legally binding instrument on...
Vanuatu as PSIDS Chair calls for stronger commitment to plastics treaty in build up to INC-4
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 17, 2024
17 April 2024, Ottawa Canada - Delegates from 14 Pacific countries have descended upon Ottawa, Canada, to finalise preparations for the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding...
Tonga on the path to phasing out single-use plastics, recognises the importance of national actions in meeting future plastics treaty obligations
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 19, 2024
19 April 2024, Ottawa Canada - Despite the challenges associated with being a small island developing state, the Kingdom of Tonga is making significant strides towards addressing the very visible problem of plastics. Tonga will soon finalise a...
INC Chair expresses optimism for Ottawa negotiations to end with an agreed text
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 21, 2024
20 April 2024, Ottawa Canada - The Chair of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment, Ambassador Luis Vayas Valdivieso, has...
Journey to Ottawa: Pacific countries ready to negotiate revised draft text of plastics treaty
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 14, 2024
12 April 2024, Apia Samoa - To say waste generation - including plastic pollution is a global problem - would be stating things quite mildly. The statistics are in fact staggering, and even more concerning especially for Pacific countries who...
FAO and ACP member states share strong focus on nutrition and climate change
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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April 14, 2015
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva and Patrick I. Gomes, Secretary-General of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP). 15 April 2015, Brussels - FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva, in a speech today to the...