U.N. Environment (UNEP) - Arete News (Page 3)

OIl and gas producers view plastics as a corporate "Plan B."

Treaty talks' geopolitical theater for a polluted material world

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A handful of fossil fuel producers show no interest in a strong, restrictive and legally binding instrument for plastic pollution.

UNEP called on world leaders to fulfill the Paris climate treaty.

Climate & Health

World on track to breach Paris treaty and head to almost 3° C. of warming

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Emissions must decrease 42% by 2030 to keep the 1.5° target alive. Instead, they're expected to rise 3% by then.

Oil and plastic producing nations want the treaty to focus on recycling instead of production cuts.

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Treaty to curb plastic pollution stalled as industry pushes back

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Oil and plastic producing nations and lobbyists sought more emphasis on recycling instead of production cuts.

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Plastic pollution treaty targets production or waste management

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This is the third round of talks to develop an international legally binding deal that includes plastic waste in the ocean.

At least 16 key nations plan to raise annual fossil fuel production.

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Nations seeking to expand fossil fuel production despite climate pledges

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Government plans would blow past limits needed to limit warming to 1.5° Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

Grenada's climate adaptation projects include propagating mangrove seedlings in low-lying coastal areas.

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As climate adaptation costs rise, so do the potential life-saving benefits

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Two U.N. reports show more aid for developing nations could reduce the millions of deaths a year from climate shocks.

The U.N.-purchased Nautica was used to transfer oil from the FSO Safer supertanker.

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U.N.-led transfer of oil averts disaster off Yemen's Red Sea coast

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The ship-to-ship transfer extracted as much of the 1.14 million barrels of oil as possible, leaving under 2% aboard.

Some 7-in-10 climate cases were filed in the U.S.

Climate & Health

Global climate litigation to force action more than doubles in 5 years

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As climate litigation increases, the body of legal precedent grows, forming an increasingly well-defined field of law.

The FSO Safer tanker moored off Yemen's Red Sea coast.

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U.N. starts unloading oil from Yemen tanker to prevent disaster

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Without U.N. intervention, the tanker could have released as much as four times the oil spilled by the Exxon Valdez in 1989.

Energy & Environment

Paris summit approves drafting global plastic pollution treaty

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The summit ended with support for creating a "zero draft" treaty ahead of the next negotiations at Nairobi in November.

Energy & Environment

Talks open on plastics treaty to defuse environmental 'time bomb'

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About 69% of all the plastics produced, mainly through fossil fuel burning, are used just once or twice before they are thrown away. About 22% is mismanaged. Just 9% is recycled.

The world produces about 400 million metric tons a year of plastic waste.

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U.N. proposes global 'roadmap' to 80% cut in plastic pollution by 2040

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The estimated annual social and environmental costs of plastic pollution range from $300 billion to $1.5 trillion.

Geneva hosts the secretariat for three legally binding treaties on hazardous chemicals and wastes.

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Global talks kick off on hazardous chemicals and waste management

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Virtually all the world's nations are negotiating proposals under the legally binding Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions to limit toxic chemicals, pollutants and wastes.