The second session of the United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-2), concluded on June 3 in Paris without any result.
- It was, however, agreed that a ‘zero draft’ text would be developed and put forth before INC-3 in Nairobi.
Key points
- In February 2022, the fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2), adopted a resolution to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment with the ambition to complete the negotiations by end of 2024.
- The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) is tasked with developing an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment.
- Under a business-as-usual scenario and in the absence of necessary interventions, the amount of plastic waste entering aquatic ecosystems could nearly triple from some 9–14 million tonnes per year in 2016 to a projected 23–37 million tons per year by 2040.
