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The Independent: Fears hundreds of fossil fuel lobbyists could derail crucial plastic pollution summit
https://www.wri.org/insights/global-trends-forest-firesFears hundreds of fossil fuel lobbyists could derail crucial plastic pollution summit
Environmentalists say presence of lobbyists at negotiations ‘is like letting foxes guard the henhouse’
Stuti Mishra
in Busan, South Korea
Friday 29 November 2024 05:01 GMT
Hundreds of oil, gas, and petrochemical industry representatives are present at a crucial UN summit in South Korea, where delegates aim to draft the world’s first legally binding treaty against plastic pollution.
The final session of negotiations for a global plastics treaty, which started on Monday in Busan, South Korea, has drawn 220 fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists, according to an analysis by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL).
This is the highest number of industry representatives present at any talks in the treaty’s history. The final session of the talks started just a day after the Cop29 climate summit concluded in Baku with a disappointing outcome, where the presence of industry lobbyists was also a matter of concern.
The high number of lobbyists – larger than any single national delegation including host country South Korea – has sparked fears of industry influence over a treaty that aims to curb pollution across the life cycle of any given plastic product.
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Environmentalists say presence of lobbyists at negotiations ‘is like letting foxes guard the henhouse’
Stuti Mishra
in Busan, South Korea
Friday 29 November 2024 05:01 GMT
Hundreds of oil, gas, and petrochemical industry representatives are present at a crucial UN summit in South Korea, where delegates aim to draft the world’s first legally binding treaty against plastic pollution.
The final session of negotiations for a global plastics treaty, which started on Monday in Busan, South Korea, has drawn 220 fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists, according to an analysis by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL).
This is the highest number of industry representatives present at any talks in the treaty’s history. The final session of the talks started just a day after the Cop29 climate summit concluded in Baku with a disappointing outcome, where the presence of industry lobbyists was also a matter of concern.
The high number of lobbyists – larger than any single national delegation including host country South Korea – has sparked fears of industry influence over a treaty that aims to curb pollution across the life cycle of any given plastic product.
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