The third session of the intergovernmental negotiating committee on plastic pollution to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution will take place on 13 – 19 November 2023 in Nairobi, Kenya.ย
Join the Global South delegation as we put forward our demands to address the entire lifecycle of plastics, overall production reduction, putting a stop on incineration and similar harmful technologies, limiting toxic chemicals in plastics and calling for chemical transparency, a just transition, mandatory Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) based on Zero Waste hierarchy; commitment to put regulations in place to operationalise policies; pushing for more upstream measures; robust financial mechanism for implementation and the inclusion of Waste Pickers, Indigenous Peoples and Frontline Communities, Under-represented African, Asian and SIDS Countries, Women and Youth.
La tercera sesiรณn del comitรฉ intergubernamental de negociaciรณn sobre la contaminaciรณn por plรกsticos para desarrollar un instrumento internacional jurรญdicamente vinculante sobre la contaminaciรณn por plรกsticos tendrรก lugar del 13 al 19 de noviembre de 2023 en Nairobi, Kenia.
รnete a la delegaciรณn del Sur Global en la presentaciรณn de nuestras demandas para abordar todo el ciclo de vida de los plรกsticos, la reducciรณn general de la producciรณn, la limitaciรณn de la presencia de sustancias quรญmicas tรณxicas en los plรกsticos en el continente y la transparencia quรญmica; una transiciรณn justa; la responsabilidad extendida del productor (REP) obligatoria basada en la jerarquรญa basura cero; el compromiso de poner en marcha reglamentos para hacer operativas las polรญticas; el impulso de mรกs medidas previas; y el reconocimiento de los recicladores, los pueblos indรญgenas y las comunidades de primera lรญnea, los paรญses subrepresentados, las mujeres y los jรณvenes.
14 November 2023, 4PM Kenya
Comfort Gardens Hotel, Township, United Nations Cres, Nairobi, Kenya
Live streamed via Facebook @GAIA Asia Pacific @GAIA Africa @GAIALAC
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Africa: 3pm Central African Time; 2pm West African Time; 4pm East African Time.
Asia Pacific: 6:00 PM (Pakistan), 6:30 PM (India), 6:45 PM (Nepal), 7:00 PM (Bangladesh), 8:00 PM (WIB), 9:00 PM (Philippines), 12:00 AM, Nov 15 (Solomon Islands).
Latin America and the Caribbean: 7 am Mรฉxico, 8 am Ecuador, Colombia, 10 am Brasil, Argentina, Chile.
Topics
- Waste pickers and a just transition
- Waste Colonialism in the Global South
- Indigenous Rights
- False Solutions
- Human Rights
Speakers/Panelists
Soledad Mella, Asociaciรณn Nacional de Recicladores de Chile
Maditlhare Koena, South African Waste Pickers Association
Larisa de Orbe, Acciรณn Ecolรณgica Mรฉxico
Mageswari Sangaralingam, Consumersโ Association of Penang and Sahabat Alam Malaysia Friends of the Earth
Dr Leslie Adogame, Sustainable Research and Action for Environmental Development, Nigeria
Lena Estrada Aรฑozaki (Colombia) UNEP Indigenous Peoples Representative
Alejandra Parra Muรฑoz, GAIA Latin America & the Caribbean
Trisia Farrelly, Aotearoa Plastic Pollution Alliance, New Zealand Product Stewardship Council, Massey University Political Ecology Research Centre
Jacob Attakpah, Green Africa Youth Organisation, Ghana
Marce Gutierrez Graudins, Azul
Olivia Tamon, Foundation For Environment And Development, Cameroon
Media Contacts:
GAIA Africa: Carissa Marnce, +27 76 934 6156, carissa@no-burn.org
GAIA Asia Pacific: Sonia G. Astudillo, +63 9175969286, sonia@no-burn.org
GAIA Amรฉrica Latina: Camila Aguilera, +56 9 5 111 1599; camila@no-burn.org