The call on the United Nations to establish a target for the end of plastic pollution comes while leaders discuss the challenges of climate change at the COP27 summit in Egypt.
The team from Hampshire University have advised the United Nations Environment Programme, G20 and the World Bank on plastic policy, including the possible structure and content of a global agreement to tackle plastic pollution.
Professor Steve Fletcher, director of the Global Plastics Policy Centre at the University of Portsmouth, has made the plea for the UN to make the “bold pledge” in its upcoming legislation on plastic pollution.
In March 2022, UN member states agreed on the adoption of a mandate for an International Negotiating Committee (INC) to develop a legally binding UN Treaty on plastic pollution. The INC will begin its work to deliver on the agreement during the second half of 2022, with the ambition of completing it by the end of 2024.
Inger Andersen, executive...