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Considerations for the High Ambition Alliance: UNEA4 Intervention by Tadesse Amera

Thursday, 21 March 2019 - 2:24pm
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Tyranny of the Minority Slows International Progress on Addressing Plastic Pollution

UNEA-4 Agreement Does Not Deliver at Scale and Urgency Needed
Friday, 15 March 2019

Nairobi, Kenya – At the 4thsession of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-4), member states of the UN Environment Programme failed to meet expectations to confront the ever-growing plastic-pollution crisis threatening our waterways, ecosystems, and health. 

At UNEA-4, member states considered several resolutions designed to increase international action to halt plastic pollution. The first, proposed by Norway, Japan, and Sri Lanka, sought to strengthen international cooperation and coordination on marine plastic litter and microplastics, including through considering a possible new legally binding agreement. The second, proposed by India, sought to promote the phase-out single-use plastics worldwide.

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UNEA4 Press Release: Tyranny of the Minority Slows International Progress on Addressing Plastic Pollution

Friday, 15 March 2019 - 11:09am
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IPEN Participates in the 4th UN Environment Assembly

Friday, 15 March 2019

From March 11-15, IPEN participated in the fourth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA4) in Nairobi, Kenya from March 11th-15th. The meeting addressed the theme, 'Innovative Solutions for Environmental Challenges and Sustainable Consuption and Production."

For information about IPEN's activities, and for resources related to topics covered, click HERE. 

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