The negotiations held in Geneva between delegations by 185 countries did not eventually lead to a binding agreement to deal with rapidly growing pollution from plastic worldwide. Although the international community had put hopes at this meeting, the result was frustrating, with key points of disagreement becoming unsolved.
As Norway’s representative typically stated during plenary, “We will not have a condition for plastic pollution here in Geneva”. Earlier, both India and Uruguay had reported the weakness ‘To have consensus’ between delegations, confirming the impasse of discussions.
The text with the compromise suggestions that were presented late at night still kept over 100 open issuesdespite the ten days of intense negotiations. Despite the evidence of progress, the differences remained bridging and no common line was found.
Split between the two camps
France’s Minister of Environment, Annie Panier-Ronaser, expressed her disappointment at the closure of the meeting, declaring “Outraged because despite the honest efforts of many and real progress (made) in talks, no tangible results were provided.”.
In a sharp comment, Handel Rodriguez from the Colombian delegation indirectly photographed oil producers, saying that the process ‘Blocked by a small number of states that just didn’t want agreement’.
The future of negotiations is uncertainas the differences between the two basic camps remain intense. On the one hand, they are the “ambitious” — as the EUCanada, Australia and many Latin American and African countries – seeking to limit and end global plastic production, due to its impact on the health of the planet and people.
Oil -producing oil -producing countries, which do not accept restrictions on production are standing. hydrocarbon —The basic raw material of plastics – no bans on dangerous additives or molecules used in the respective industry.
The debate on plastic pollution and the search for a global solution seems to continue, with the dividing lines between the parties concerned more intense than ever.
Source: Skai
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