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The Global Plastics Treaty:What You Need To Know

Plastic Pollution Coalition
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What is the Global Plastics Treaty, and what do we mean when we say it needs to be “legally binding” and “address the full life cycle of plastic”? And what does the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA 5.2) in Nairobi have to do with it? During the March 16 webinar, we heard from experts about the need and opportunity to negotiate a bold and binding global commitment to address plastic pollution, and learned about what happened at UNEA 5.2 from some key people who were on the ground there. PANELISTS Christopher Chin Executive Director COARE (Center for Oceanic Awareness Research and Education) Jane Patton Campaign Manager: Plastics & Petrochemicals CIEL (Center for International Environmental Law) Neil Tangri Science and Policy Director GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) MODERATOR Shilpi Chhotray Co-Founder & Executive Director People Over Plastic Find more Plastic Pollution Coalition webinars at: https://www. …...more
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The Global Plastics Treaty:What You Need To Know
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2022Mar 22
What is the Global Plastics Treaty, and what do we mean when we say it needs to be “legally binding” and “address the full life cycle of plastic”? And what does the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA 5.2) in Nairobi have to do with it? During the March 16 webinar, we heard from experts about the need and opportunity to negotiate a bold and binding global commitment to address plastic pollution, and learned about what happened at UNEA 5.2 from some key people who were on the ground there. PANELISTS Christopher Chin Executive Director COARE (Center for Oceanic Awareness Research and Education) Jane Patton Campaign Manager: Plastics & Petrochemicals CIEL (Center for International Environmental Law) Neil Tangri Science and Policy Director GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) MODERATOR Shilpi Chhotray Co-Founder & Executive Director People Over Plastic Find more Plastic Pollution Coalition webinars at: https://www.plasticpollutioncoalition... 0:00 Welcome 1:27 Polls 4:18 Shilpi Chhotray Introduction 5:06 Webinar Topic Overview 5:33 Panelist Introduction 6:03 UNEA Photo 7:25 Ben Von Wong Photo 8:19 Christopher Chin Introduction 9:09 Christopher Chin Remarks 11:10 Jane Patton Introduction 11:59 Jane Patton Remarks 14:55 Neil Tangri Introduction 15:40 Neil Tangri Remarks 19:33 Q&A with Panelists 53:34 Closing 6:32 Dr. Michael Mann Introduction 7:22 Dr. Michael Mann Remarks 10:25 Q&A with Panelists

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Plastic Pollution Coalition

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