Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Plastic is climate change in a bottle – so let’s put a cap on it

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Jack Marley, Environment + Energy Editor, UK edition

Plastic pollution and climate change have common culprits – and similar solutions.

The penultimate round of negotiations for a global pact on plastic ended yesterday in Ottawa. Nearly 200 countries have agreed that a treaty must tackle plastic pollution at every stage of its existence, from oil rigs and refineries to factories, shops and homes. But when Rwanda and Peru proposed cutting the amount of plastic produced worldwide by 40% over the next 15 years, the UN talks faltered.

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