Featured

Landing an Ambitious Global Plastics Treaty

January 17, 2024
17:30–18:15 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

In 2022, 175 countries resolved to develop a global plastics treaty and to fast-track negotiations to deliver the agreement by end 2024. This is a historic opportunity to unlock the systemic change needed to tackle the plastic crisis and end plastic pollution once and for all. As we enter the final lap of the negotiations, what are the essential elements and issues that ensure a comprehensive,...
Show more

Speakers

NA
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
President of the Republic of Ghana
Office of the President of Ghana
IA
Inger Andersen
Executive Director
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
LB
Leila Benali
Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development
Ministry of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development of Morocco
JF
Jim Fitterling
Chair and Chief Executive Officer
Dow
DM
Douglas McCauley
Director, Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory; Professor
University of California, Santa Barbara
HS
Hein Schumacher
Chief Executive Officer
Unilever

About us

  • Who we are
  • Our strategy
  • How we work
  • Our leadership and governance
  • Our Impact

More from the Forum

  • Centres
  • Meetings
  • Stakeholders
  • Forum stories
  • Press releases
  • Picture gallery
  • Podcasts
  • Videos

Engage with us

  • Sign in
  • Partner with us
  • Become a member
  • Sign up for our press releases
  • Subscribe to our newsletters
  • Contact us

Quick links

  • Sustainability at the Forum
  • Careers

© 2026 World Economic Forum