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CSE-DTE at Ottawa: Member states agree to intersessional work

India, April 30 -- Ahead ofG7summit in Italy, France flags unsustainable levels reached by plastic pollution Photo shared by @HACplastic / X (Formerly Twitter) Member states had failed to reach a co... Read More


CSE-DTE at Ottawa: Poor progress at INC-4 as it fails to address the elephant in the room

India, April 30 -- Manyprovisions of substantive elements do not make it to textual negotiations; like-minded groupsdominate Closing Plenary The zero draft presented during third meeting of the Inter... Read More


CSE-DTE at Ottawa: As talks progress, 'North Stars' bring hope for a Global Plastic Treaty

India, April 28 -- Rwanda & Peru's conference room paper on primary plastics and Norway's proposal on chemicals of concern offer guidance on decision-making even as Parties are more divided than ever ... Read More


CSE-DTE at Ottawa: Where does India stand in the global plastic treaty talks? An explainer

India, April 26 -- New Delhi's position is largely unchanged from INC-3 in Nairobi, although it has introduced some new arguments; it is also trying to reinvent the concept of the "life cycle of plast... Read More


Plastic's toxic trail: The curious case of India's petrochemical refineries

India, April 26 -- India's legislations do not mandate it to create a baseline health assessment of the population before setting up factories with the potential of harming the environment and human h... Read More


Plastic's toxic trail: What are other countries doing about chemicals used in these polymers?

India, April 26 -- The need right now is to simplify plastics towards safety and sustainability through policies promoting the use of fewer and safer chemicals At the ongoing negotiations being held ... Read More


Plastic's toxic trail: These polymers' usage and disposal have their own set of dangers

India, April 26 -- Plastics not only pollute and affect human health during the production phase, but continue to do so during the usage phase, as well as through the disposal and the processing and r... Read More


Plastic's toxic trail: What are these polymers and what do they contain?

India, April 26 -- Between 2021 and 2024, the number of chemicals reported to be used by the plastic industry has gone up from around 10,000 to 16,000 Plastic is indispensable for us today. Or so we ... Read More


Global plastic profiles: How is the Global North helping the South tackle plastic pollution?

India, April 25 -- Capacity-building, technical assistance and technology transfer to poor countries aims to advance a resilient and sustainable approach to plastic management that benefits all Partie... Read More


Global plastic profiles: Can a dedicated financial mechanism beat global plastic pollution?

India, April 25 -- Such a mechanism can provide predictable, sustainable and adequate resources to support implementation efforts in developing countries The provisions outlined in the text aim to es... Read More