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Safeguarding the Planet

New Agreement on Plastics: What Will It Take?

January 23, 2025
10:15–11:00 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

In December 2024, over 170 countries gathered to conclude a global treaty to reach a plastic pollution-free world by 2040. While negotiations were inconclusive, the countries sought to complete the process in 2025, highlighting an urgent, time-bound need to bridge remaining areas of divergence. What will it take to land the treaty to end plastic pollution and how can business and government...
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Speakers

IA
Inger Andersen
Executive Director
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
AI
Alicia Bárcena Ibarra
Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources
Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico
DG
Dion Travers George
Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment
Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment of South Africa
SL
Sarah Lamaison
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Dioxycle
HS
Hein Schumacher
Chief Executive Officer
Unilever

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