The Australian delegation at INC1
Australia draws attention to plight of Pacific countries, calls for ambitious global agreement on plastic pollution
New Zealand's delegation at INC1.
New Zealand highlights connection between fossil fuel and plastic industries at INC1
Ms Sandeep Singh, Director of the Department of Environment of Fiji
“Heart-breaking to note that ninety percent of current plastics production ends up in the environment” – Fiji at global negotiations for a plastic pollution agreement
Deputy Permanent Representative, Republic of Kiribati to the United Nations, Ms Josephine Moote
Kiribati calls for the special circumstances of Small Islands Developing States to be factored in new global agreement on plastic pollution
Mr Veari Kula, Papua New Guinea’s Conservation and Environment Protection Authority (CEPA) Infrastructure Utilities and Convention Branch Manager
PNG spotlights key role of sustainable financial mechanism at INC1
Tuvalu’s Department of Waste Management, Mr Epu Falenga
Tuvalu says urgency of plastic crisis demands international cooperation
Bernadette Besebes of Palau
“I hope that in my lifetime, I will no longer have to pick up plastics of unknown origins on my grandfather’s beach”
Cook Islands
“We must not wait until we have killed off all our marine life, replaced by plastic,” – Cook Islands appeals to global community.
The President of Uruguay, His Excellency Mr Luis Lacalle Pou
Uruguayan tango, football lighten mood as plight of SIDS highlighted at global plastics treaty talks
PSIDS INC1
Pacific Islands takes on fight against plastic pollution on global stage
Pacific countries are a key part of AOSIS
We have no time to waste, AOSIS urges plastics treaty negotiations
The High Ambition Coalition
High Ambition Coalition shares aspirations for a fit-for-purpose global plastics treaty