Why Kenya failed to give world much awaited global plastics treaty
Delegates at the third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop a treaty on plastic pollution at Unep headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya on November 20,2023. PHOTO | NMG
Negotiations seeking to deliver the first global plastics treaty ended on Sunday with no solid plan, rippled by oil-producing countries and major plastic manufacturers.
Endless disagreements over the wording and punctuation of some key sections of the zero-draft took centre stage during the third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-3) with major oil-producing countries, led by Saudi Arabia, Iran and Russia, determined to make it impossible for the world to birth the plastics treaty.
