Busan, South Korea – In response to this Analysis conducted by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) A CIEL analysis found that 220 fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists will be allowed to attend the fifth meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC5) for negotiations on a global plastics treaty, the highest number of negotiations to date. Sarah King, senior strategist at Greenpeace Canada, who attended the INC5 negotiations, said:
“The increasing number of fossil fuel and petrochemical lobbyists participating in plastics treaty negotiations reveals that the industry is pulling out all the stops to trap us in a plastics crisis. Together with a handful of countries, Big Oil and Big Plastic pose a real threat to the treaty outcomes needed to begin curbing plastic pollution. “We must listen to the voices of millions of people around the world who demand a strong agreement from member states, including Canada, to reduce plastic production and prioritize human and planetary health over plastic drivers.”
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For more information, please contact:
Dina Ni, Communications Campaigner, Greenpeace Canada;
[email protected]+1 416 820 2148
Angelica Carballo Pago, Global Plastics Media Lead, Greenpeace USA;
[email protected]+63 917 112 4492 (also located in Busan, South Korea)
