New doubt over production cuts in plastic pollution treaty
The Peninsula
Bangkok: A global treaty to end plastic pollution may be in jeopardy, negotiators and environmentalists said Thursday, with new signs that countries m...
Bangkok: A global treaty to end plastic pollution may be in jeopardy, negotiators and environmentalists said Thursday, with new signs that countries may not be able to agree on production cuts.
A document circulated by the diplomat chairing the talks, and seen by AFP, includes no language urging production limits -- considered key by many countries to a strong treaty.
The so-called non-paper is intended to help negotiators make progress in crunch negotiations next month in South Korea.
But countries remain far apart on many issues, and the current draft treaty is an unwieldy document that runs over 70 pages and is littered with contradictory positions.
The new document, however, raised alarm bells for some.
