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Non-Party Trade Provisions in Multilateral Environmental Agreements: Key Elements for Consideration in the Context of a Treaty to End Plastic Pollution
SPREP Publications, Waste Management and Pollution Control
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2023
Multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) aim to address environmental issues of global concern by creating uniform and streamlined approaches and rules to apply to all parties. Treaties serve as agreements between two (or more) States that enter into an agreement, thus creating specific obligations and rights for those parties.
World Trade Organisation Rules and Key Elements for Consideration in the Context of a Treaty to End Plastic Pollution - Technical Note
SPREP Publications, Waste Management and Pollution Control
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2023
At the core there is no conflict between the WTO system and possible provisions of the future Plastic Treaty, as outlined in UNEPs option paper. However WTO rules are an important safeguard against domestic arbitrary or unjustifiable discriminatory measures.
A Global Plastics Treaty Guided by Indigenous Pacific Wisdom - Factsheet
SPREP Publications, Waste Management and Pollution Control
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2023
The Global plastics treaty (GPT) mandates the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) to create binding rules based on the best available science, traditional knowledge, knowledge of indigenous peoples and local knowledge systems
Science Policy Interface - Factsheet
SPREP Publications, Waste Management and Pollution Control
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2023
The complexity of global environmental challenges has meant the interface between science and policy has become increasingly important in shipping coordinated global policy response to the world's most complex environmental issues.
Plastics Alternatives and Substitutes 101 - Factsheet
SPREP Publications, Waste Management and Pollution Control
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2023
Many INC-2 delegated indicated that the scope of the treaty should include plastics alternative and substitutes. However there are no internationally agreed definitions of plastics alternatives nor plastics substitutes. Sound definitions will support fully informed treaty negotiations.
Plastics 101 - Factsheet
SPREP Publications, Waste Management and Pollution Control
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2023
This factsheet is intended to support fully informed global plastics treaty negotiations by clarifying the terminology used to describe plastics as polymers or materials and not plastics as products.
Plastic Removal Technologies 101 - Factsheet
SPREP Publications, Waste Management and Pollution Control
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2023
Plastic removal technologies (PRTs) promise to improve environmental quality by removing plastics from the environment but they can also threaten biodiversity. Almost no environmental impact assessments (EIAs) are done on PRTs.
Microplastics 101 - Factsheet
SPREP Publications, Waste Management and Pollution Control
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2023
The ever-increasing discharges and accumulation of microplastics in the environment is a serious global concern. Microplastics are found in polar ice caps, at the top of mountains, in soil, freshwater systems and all ocean basins, from the surface to the deep sea.
Financial Mechanism Options - Factsheet
SPREP Publications, Waste Management and Pollution Control
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2023
To deliver an international legally binding instrument (ILBI) to end plastic pollution will require mobilising substantial financial resources from a variety of sources to achieve its objective. This may include leveraging new multilateral finance from developed (donor) countries developing (recipient) countries party to the new agreement, accessing existing multilateral and bilateral finance and ensuring flows of private sector finance.
Abandoned, Lost and Otherwise Discarded Fishing Gear - Factsheet
SPREP Publications, Waste Management and Pollution Control
Available Online
2023
Sea-based marine plastic pollution is roughly estimated to comprise around 20% of all marine plastic pollution and represents a major threat to marine ecosystem. However, sea-based marine plastic pollution has not been sufficiently addressed to date representing a significant gap in global governance.

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