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Cate Bonacini retweeted
🚨 This text gives in to petrostates and industry demands — Member States must reject it.
The chair's draft text has just dropped at #PlasticsTreaty talks. CIEL's @Davzoul responds.
Cate Bonacini retweeted
.@WHO calls on governments to work towards successful #PlasticTreaty negotiations. Health must be at the centre to protect people from plastic pollution.
Cate Bonacini retweeted
"Petrostates are holding #PlasticsTreaty talks hostage. A minority threatens to block final negotiations. Countries should invoke their right to vote to ensure an ambitious agreement is reached."
👇 Read more genevasolutions.news/climate…
Cate Bonacini retweeted
The science is clear: Plastics are poisoning us.
📍 We’re in Geneva with a message for negotiators.
💪🏽 Now is the time for courage — to stop obstruction and deliver a #PlasticsTreaty that saves lives.
🌍 The world is watching.
#INC52
Cate Bonacini retweeted
On May 24, the container ship MSC ELSA 3 sank off the coast of Kochi, spilling oil, hazardous cargo, and… plastic pellets (aka nurdles).
Now, they’re washing up as far south as Thiruvananthapuram.
Here’s what you need to know 🧵👇
#NurdlePollution #KeralaCoast #MarineDisaster
Cate Bonacini retweeted
Everything you need (and more) on your way to #Busan for the #INC5 of the future #PlasticsTreaty
@GENetwork @ToxicsFree @brkfreeplastic @LuisVayasEc @UNEP
Just 2 weeks until the final scheduled #PlasticsTreaty negotiation. We've prepared a menu of resources for #INC5, to explore:
📝 What the Chair’s 3rd nonpaper means
⏳ What can/can’t be saved for a COP
🎯 What elements the treaty should include
...more ciel.org/preparatory-materia…
Cate Bonacini retweeted
NEW: In an open letter to @antonioguterres, 130+ organizations are calling out @UNEP Executive Director @andersen_inger for comments that the groups say prejudge the upcoming #PlasticsTreaty negotiations, aligning with positions taken by petrostates and industry.
Are you thinking, “oh, we’ll just make hard decisions about the #PlasticsTreaty in the future COP”?
Then this is the brief for you.
Because it turns out that punting decisions to a COP doesn’t actually work the way you think it might.
NEW: Ahead of the upcoming #PlasticsTreaty negotiations, learn what the future Conference of the Parties (COP) can do versus what can happen through treaty amendments or an annex.
Our new issue brief unpacks the scope and limits of COP decisions.
READ: bit.ly/4h5VHPp
Cate Bonacini retweeted
Happening now:Shelter-in-place issued by City of Pasadena. 1 confirmed dead, multiple sick from toxic chemical Hydrogen Sulfide release at Pemex Deer Park refinery. More details to follow #Chemical disaster
fox26houston.com/news/pemex-…
The simple answer is to stop producing plastic.
Consumer habits are one thing. An industry hellbent on forcing plastics on us is another.
UN Member States have the power to take action. Will they have the courage to do it?
#PlasticsTreaty #CutPlasticProduction
By 2050, there could be more plastic than fish in the ocean.
Small changes in our daily habits can have a big impact for our planet.
Get ideas on how you can help #SaveOurOcean & protect #OurCommonFuture: un.org/sustainabledevelopmen…
Are you tuning in to watch "Galvanizing Momentum for the Global Plastic Pollution Instrument"?
Follow my brilliant colleague, @danieladurang6 as she live-Tweets ⬇️⬇️
#PlasticsTreaty #PlasticPollution
Happening now!
High-level event involving Heads of State and Ministers on the #PlasticsTreaty negotiations.
How are they committing to control and reduce plastic production?
webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1r/k1…
🧵🧵
Cate Bonacini retweeted
The CIEL team is proud to be joining our friends at @greenpeaceusa in saying "We will not be silenced."
#ImWithGreenpeace
Greenpeace USA might be shut down next year! Big Oil is trying to permanently silence us.
Tens of thousands are speaking out and we need your help! Please share this post using the hashtag #ImWithGreenpeace
Cate Bonacini retweeted
Plastic production is helping to fuel the climate crisis.
World leaders must push for a strong #PlasticsTreaty that drastically cuts production at the final round of talks in November.
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 The US is poised for a massive #petrochemical buildout that could add annual emissions equivalent to nearly 40 coal power plants, undermining climate targets and locking in fossil fuel emissions for decades to come.
👇 Read the report.
ciel.org/reports/emissions-u…
Cate Bonacini retweeted
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 The US is poised for a massive #petrochemical buildout that could add annual emissions equivalent to nearly 40 coal power plants, undermining climate targets and locking in fossil fuel emissions for decades to come.
👇 Read the report.
ciel.org/reports/emissions-u…
Cate Bonacini retweeted
If the administration matches these statements with policy action, this shift in positions will help ensure that countries can deliver a meaningful #PlasticsTreaty.
Read our full statement: ciel.org/news/ciel-welcomes-…
Cate Bonacini retweeted
Yesterday, the US signaled its openness to shifting some of its positions on the #PlasticsTreaty in three ways:
1⃣reducing plastic production;
2⃣generating a global list of chemicals of concern;
3⃣setting global criteria to identify ‘avoidable plastic products’ to phase out.
Cate Bonacini retweeted
NEW: When Is “Recyclable” Not Really Recyclable? When the Plastics Industry Gets to Define What the Word Means.
propublica.org/article/plast… by @lisalsong
I am honored to be a judge for this year's Global Media Competition with @TheGGTC and @WHO!
Join us to unveil the winners on this #InternationalYouthDay2024!
Celebrate #InternationalYouthDay with us on August 12, 2024 and check out how the youth are countering tobacco industry tactics with digital solutions! 🎉🌍
Meet the winners of WHO and GGTC’s Social Reels Challenge and get inspired by Global Youth Voices using digital media to empower their peers. #GMC2024reels #TobaccoExposed #GlobalYouthVoices
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Cate Bonacini retweeted
It's time world leaders fight back against big oil and the chemical industry to ensure they cut plastic production and invest in a reuse/refill economy.
Together, we can win a strong #plasticstreaty! 🥇🌏
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #Paris2024
