The world is trying to craft a legally binding treaty on plastic pollution, but not everyone agrees on what that should look like. As INC-5.2 negotiations resume in Geneva this August to hammer out The Global Plastics Treaty, deep divides remain over issues like plastic production, financing, and equity. Who’s pulling the strings, what’s stalling progress, and why does it matter for all of us? We speak to Arpita Bhagat (Plastic Policy Officer, GAIA Asia Pacific) and Rayhan Dudayev (Senior Regional Campaign Strategist (Legal & Political), Greenpeace Southeast Asia) to dive into the politics, power plays, and potential of the global plastics treaty.



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The world is trying to craft a legally binding treaty on plastic pollution, but not everyone agrees on what that should look like. As INC-5.2 negotiations resume in Geneva this August to hammer out The Global Plastics Treaty, deep divides remain over issues like plastic production, financing, and equity. Who’s pulling the strings, what’s stalling progress, and why does it matter for all of us? We speak to Arpita Bhagat (Plastic Policy Officer, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.no-burn.org/">GAIA Asia Pacific</a>) and Rayhan Dudayev (Senior Regional Campaign Strategist (Legal &amp; Political), <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.greenpeace.org/southeastasia/">Greenpeace Southeast Asia</a>) to dive into the politics, power plays, and potential of the global plastics treaty.Image Credit: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/unep/">UNEP</a> / <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC BY-NC-SA 2.0</a>

Climate change, ferocious weather and ‘the haze’ are now part our everyday lives. How are our lifestyles connected to them, and what can we do about it? What does the economy have to do with it? Earth Matters engages with activists and experts to explore our changing relationship with the planet that we only borrow from our children.

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