India, April 22 -- Activists want negotiators to focus on a human rights-based approach as they deliberate on a plastics treaty; this includes centering knowledge, voices & experiences of people living on frontlines of the crisis

Indigenous peoples affected by plastic and plastic products protested in the streets of the Canadian capital of Ottawa on April 21, ahead of the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) to advance a plastics treaty.

Protestors who included indigenous leaders as well as climate activists, healthcare professionals, waste-pickers, environmental advocates, scientists and people from across global civil society marched from Parliament Hill to Shaw Center, the venue of the talks, accordin...