Category: Environment EN

In the face of a rapidly heating planet, one city has found a way to keep its cool. Medellín, Colombia's second largest city, has cooled by 2°C by planting 2.5 million plants and 880,000 trees. This dramatic change happened in just 3 years.  With “green corridors” that mimic the natural forest, the Colombian city could become 5 degrees cooler over the next few decades. Medellín city...

IPEN Executive Director Bjorn Beeler talks with BNN/Bloomberg News about the Plastics Treaty and obstacles to plastic recycling. Read more:  

Delegates from 175 countries met at the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee - #INC5 - to develop a historic and international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution. Debates centered on reducing plastic production and managing waste, but did resistance from fossil fuel-producing nations stall progress? Find out what happened at this critical meeting from Wong...

Countries negotiating a global treaty to curb plastic pollution have failed to reach an agreement, with more than 100 nations wanting to cap production, while a handful of oil producers were prepared only to target plastic waste. For a week, more than 200 negotiators have wrestled with how to stop millions of tonnes of plastic waste entering the environment each year. They had agreed two years...

5th meeting (Final Round) of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) in Busan, South Korea (25 November-1 December 2024) #PlasticsTreaty Talks Stall Despite Support for Production Cuts Country delegates failed to agree on a Global Plastics Treaty in Busan, additional session planned for next year. Yet civil society groups vow to keep momentum alive for an ambitious treaty the world...

This magnificent tree is allowed to grow in the original spot where its seed had germinated. Roads can’t take over its place, instead they are built around it – simply because the tree came first. That’s sound judgment by the local authority. Be kind to nature. (Pic via My India fb)  

5th meeting (Final Round) of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) in Busan, South Korea (25 November-1 December 2024) INC-5 (Day 6) Insights Here are our takes on the sixth day of negotiations at the fifth meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) for a #PlasticsTreaty Catch the highs and lows and get today's recap on our #Poplites You can also visit: Source:...