Ocean Conference: Global campaign for the end of plastic pollution strengthens – eSHOP24X7

All leaders expressed a shared commitment to finish a global treaty for the end of this year, which can control the entire plastic life cycle for the first time.

Jyoti Mathur-Fillip, who attended the meeting and directed the Treaty’s conversations, told the UN News: “There is a new commitment to complete the treaty in August … This is a problem that cannot be left in the future.”

Jyoti Mathur-Filip is the Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Dialogue Committee (INC).

This informal meeting held at the Anderson Interior Chief of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) proved to be a peaceful but important diplomatic moment.

This was an indication that after two years of discussions, now the political will is probably in accordance with the seriousness of scientific warnings.

The last meeting for conversations in this address will take place in Geneva from August 5 to 14, so there is pressure on negotiators to present the first legally binding global agreement to deal with plastic pollution.

An agreement that includes all aspects such as production, consumption and waste management.

Plastic in each corner

Currently, plastic waste has made their place in almost all parts of the earth. Even now it is found in the human body as microplastics.

According to United Nations estimates, if not taken immediately, the amount of plastic that enters the ocean can reach 3.7 million metric tons by 2040.

Executive secretary Jyoti Mathur-Filip said: “We are suffocating in plastic. If we did nothing to deal with plastic pollution, we will not have a single ecosystem, neither land nor aquatic.”

The economic damage caused by this is equally shocking. Between 2016 and 2040, the estimated cost of plastic damage can reach $ 281 billion.

He said: “This is very heavy for the economy. In tourism, in the cleaning of beaches, fishermen lack fish, coastal damage and the destruction of wetlands.”

Jyoti Mathur-Filip, Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Dialogue Committee (INC) on plastic contamination.

Last phase in Geneva

This treaty process began in 2022 at the request of the United Nations Environment Assembly. This meeting is the supreme decision institution in the world on environmental issues.

Since then, the Intergovernmental Dialogue Committee (INC) has gathered five times in less than two years, which has advanced rapidly from the perspective of the United Nations standards. Executive secretary Jyoti Mathur-Filip said: “We have completed five sessions in just two years from December 2022 to December 2024”.

He hopes that the next session in Geneva in this August will end this treaty.

A significant progress was observed at the last meeting held in Busan, South Korea six months ago, where the delegates prepared a draft of 22 generos described by the draft of the treaty.

He said: “There are 32 or 33 paragraphs, and each paragraph has been appointed, so that the country can see how this treaty will be seen.”

“Now the country has begun to discuss the basis of the number of articles … and that is why I hope this time comes out.”

The draft of the treaty is still going through a round of conversations, but includes measures to control the entire plastic life cycle: from production to garbage management. This draft has included mandatory and voluntary provisions.

If everything happens according to the plan, the final draft will be presented at the end of this year or at a diplomatic conference in early 2026, where several countries can formally accept it and the approval process will begin.

Unequal load on the small island

Plastic pollution is a global problem, but some countries, especially the countries of developing small islands (SMSM), have to have an excess and unequal load.

Executive Secretary Jyoti said: “It is a fact that the small countries of the island do not use as much plastic and flowing on their banks, however, they have to take responsibility for cleaning the beaches, while they are not responsible for it … they are unfairly affecting them.”

According to estimates, 18 to 20 percent of plastic waste ends at sea worldwide.

The NICE conference is impulse to the efforts to deal with this problem, now the nigids of the world are based on Geneva, where the decision in August can decide whether a decisive step will be taken to prevent the plastic crisis or continue to grow even more.