A key moment in the fight to #BeatPlasticPollution : delegates gather this week in Ottawa 🇨🇦 for #INC4 , the next step in the process to forge a legally binding #PlasticsTreaty and shaping a future where the environment no longer bears this burden.
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We won't recycle our way out of the plastic crisis, nor will we be saved by plastic-eating bacteria...
Against plastic pollution, let's demand REAL solutions.
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“We have a once in a lifetime opportunity to profoundly change our relationship with plastics. We cannot waste it.'
—Inger Andersen in Ottawa on #EarthDay ahead of this week's #PlasticsTreaty negotiations linkedin.com/posts/andersen…
The connection between #plastic & our health is clear: plastic poisons people. We need strong legislation that prioritizes PEOPLE—not profits—in the #PlasticsTreaty !
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Collaboration with Jeff Bridges @plasticpollutes #BreakFreeFromPlastic
The world wants - and needs - a #PlasticsTreaty .
At #INC4 opening I stressed that now is the time for commitment, collaboration & ambition.
In Ottawa we must make progress & set stage to secure an ambitious deal to #BeatPlasticPollution once & for all.
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The second day of #INC4 negotiations for a #PlasticsTreaty has consisted of contact group and subgroup discussions. Here are #BreakFreeFromPlastic highs ✅ lows ❌as well as the key stories from today: 🧵 UN Environment Programme
A once-in-a-generation chance to rewrite the story of plastic pollution: next week, negotiations on a #PlasticsTreaty continue in Ottawa, Canada, for INC-4, aiming to #BeatPlasticPollution . What are your hopes for this crucial meeting? unep.org/news-and-stori…
'Everyone wants this deal,' said Inger Andersen at the #INC4 opening, highlighting the ongoing negotiations for a legally binding #PlasticsTreaty aimed at freeing the world from the environmental burden of plastic pollution.
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'Plastic waste is killing marine life! Act now to save our oceans. Reduce single-use plastics, support clean-up efforts, and demand action from leaders. Let's protect marine biodiversity and create a sustainable future.
#PlasticsTreaty
They say it takes a village & we will need a global village to #BeatPlasticPollution .
At #INC4 Partnerships Day hosted by Environment Canada & WWF, I outlined the elements I believe we can move forward at INC-4 to help deliver an ambitious #PlasticsTreaty .
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The screening and Q&A were followed by a mind-blowingly fabulous improv #plasticstreaty and Plastic People rap from the amazing Baba Brinkman and Dizzy SenZe. It's amazing how they captured all elements of of the fight to #endplasticpollution . (5/6)
#PlanetVsPlastics .
That is a reality we will face unless we act.
This year #EarthDay falls as #INC4 #PlasticsTreaty talks begin in Ottawa. We have a once in a lifetime opportunity to profoundly change our relationship with plastics. We cannot waste it.
🔬↔️📄 The complexity of #PlasticPollution makes it necessary for the new global #PlasticsTreaty to have a dedicated Science Policy Interface (SPI).
Great to talk with Luis Vayas Valdivieso, #INC4 Chair, here in Ottawa.
Through his leadership, together with the INC Bureau & strong support of the INC Secretariat, I know #INC4 can deliver meaningful progress towards an ambitious #PlasticsTreaty that will end plastic pollution.
