{"id":21739,"date":"2025-08-18T18:13:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T18:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=21739"},"modified":"2025-08-18T18:13:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T18:13:26","slug":"global-south-member-states-and-csos-demand-ambition-to-secure-a-strong-plastic-treaty-at-inc-5-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=21739","title":{"rendered":"Global South Member States and CSOs Demand Ambition to Secure a Strong Plastic Treaty at INC-5.2\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Demonstrating strong unity, Global South Member States and Civil Society called for ambitious, legally binding global measures to curb plastic production, in a media briefing on the closing day of the second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2), held by the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA).\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The event brought together civil society organizations (CSOs) from across the Global South, including the Association de l\u2019Education Environnementale pour les Futures G\u00e9n\u00e9rations- Tunisia, C4 Center &#8211; Malaysia, and Acci\u00f3n Ecol\u00f3gica Mexico. It also featured distinguished delegates from Ethiopia and Fiji, including Hiwot Hailu, Chief of Staff at the Environmental Protection Authority of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, and Dr. Sivendra Michael, Permanent Secretary at Fiji\u2019s Ministry of Environment and Climate Change.<\/p>\n<p>This gathering took place against the backdrop of the Chair\u2019s latest text, released yesterday, which was universally\u00a0rejected by countries and civil society groups. The text leaves out a key article on reducing plastic production, going against the treaty\u2019s mandate to address plastics across their full life cycle, amongst other pressing issues. This position shaped the demands voiced by the panellists during the media briefing.<\/p>\n<p>Merrisa Naidoo, GAIA Africa\u2019s Plastics Program Manager, stressed that a flawed process cannot deliver good outcomes. \u201cConsensus is not democracy. It ignores the will of the vast majority of member states and, unfortunately, has to cater to the wish list of the petro-states and fossil fuel industry\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This sentiment was further emphasised by Semia Gharbi, Chairperson &amp; Co-Founder, Association de l\u2019Education Environnementale pour les Futures G\u00e9n\u00e9rations, who stated that the article on health in the Chair\u2019s text was deleted in the current version. \u201cWe have to remind our delegates that we must protect the environment. With a growing plastic crisis, we cannot ignore science\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>SiPeng Wong of C4 Center in Malaysia stated, \u201cIf we don\u2019t control the amount of waste being produced, it will end up exported to my country and region. In Southeast Asia, the volume of waste that reaches our backyard is unmanageable\u201d. SiPeng noted that Malaysia alone receives over 415 million kg of waste from Global North countries.\u201c Without reducing the generation of waste, we will end up having to manage it\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Larisa de Orbe of Acci\u00f3n Ecol\u00f3gica M\u00e9xico powerfully expressed that plastic pollution already exceeded the limits of what people and nature can handle.\u201d Our government must negotiate free from industry pressure in order to truly safeguard the health and well-being of current and future generations\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21741\" src=\"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6001-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2684\" height=\"1576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During the briefing, distinguished Member State representatives addressed questions about the role of Global South leadership in the treaty process. They were asked whether the critical priorities of the Global South were reflected in the Chair\u2019s latest draft text, their reactions to it, and how civil society can support efforts to uphold ambitious commitments.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to the question, Distinguished delegate from Fiji, Dr. Sivendra Michael, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Fiji Government, said, \u201c The last iteration of the text, which came out yesterday, we know is a serious regression from the UNEA Mandate 5\/14 given to us as governments. We all agreed at UNEA 5 that we would address the full lifecycle of plastic\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, he highlighted, \u201cThere are many metaphors that we use, but one is that we can\u2019t continue mopping the floor without turning the tap. We need legally binding global measures to control production.<\/p>\n<p>Distinguished delegate from Ethiopia, Hiwot Hailu,\u00a0 Chief of Staff, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Environmental Protection Authority, commented on the supportive role played by civil society within the INC-5.2, calling them the engine of the negotiating process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need civil society to continue to be a partner, providing pressure from the outside to ensure negotiations don\u2019t lose sight of our shared goals, and to continue advocacy for a legally binding plastic treaty that protects people and our planet,\u201d stated the distinguished delegate from Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Demonstrating strong unity, Global South Member States and Civil Society called for ambitious, legally binding global measures to curb plastic production, in a media briefing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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