In March 2022, the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2) launched what was hailed as a historic process: negotiations for a legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution. The treaty was envisioned to take a full life-cycle approach, addressing plastics from production and design to use, disposal, and waste management. However, after six rounds of negotiations, the latest session in Geneva (August
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After ten days of intense negotiations in Geneva, the resumed fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2) on developing a legally binding international instrument to end plastic pollution adjourned in the early hours of Friday 15 August without consensus on a treaty text. The outcome leaves the timeline for the historic agreement uncertain, even as plastic pollution continues to
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The Ocean Cleanup has expressed deep concern over the collapse of negotiations at the resumed fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2), warning that the failure to reach agreement threatens the global fight against plastic pollution. The talks, held this week, stretched late into Thursday night and continued into the early hours of Friday, but ended without consensus. The
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As the historic Plastics Treaty negotiations reached their final hours in Geneva on Thursday, global waste picker leaders issued a resounding call to governments to enshrine a mandatory Just Transition in the final agreement warning that anything less would fail the 40 million waste pickers worldwide who are on the front lines of plastic recovery. Waste pickers, who recover 60%
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The Kwara State Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (KWACReSAL) has intensified efforts to improve rural water supply and strengthen climate resilience in the state with a high-level inspection of ongoing waterworks rehabilitation in Asa Local Government Area. The inspection tour, which covered key facilities in Alapa, Otte Oja, and Pampo, focused on evaluating progress, identifying challenges, and refining strategies for
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The Petroleum Environmental Solid Minerals Degradation Awareness Association (PESMDAA) has announced plans to scale up advocacy for sustainable environmental practices and intensify the fight against illegal mining in Kwara State. State Commissioner of the association, Abdulganiyu Aleshinloye, gave the assurance at the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Workshop for PESMDAA Taskforce Officers held on Saturday in Ilorin. Aleshinloye described the taskforce
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The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has officially ushered in a new era of leadership as Mauritanian-born Ibrahim Thiaw handed over the reins of the secretariat to Yasmine Fouad, Egypt’s former Minister of Environment, during a formal ceremony at the UNCCD headquarters in Bonn, Germany. This historic transition marks a significant moment for African environmental diplomacy, as two
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As world leaders, scientists, and civil society groups converge for the resumed fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-5.2), a six-meter-high art installation titled “The Thinker’s Burden” now stands defiantly at the heart of Geneva’s Place des Nations, calling urgent attention to the public health crisis linked to plastic pollution. Crafted by internationally renowned Canadian artist
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