Tag:Global plastic treaty

Pollution

From Geneva to Nigeria: How Global Plastic Treaty can power a reuse revolution at home

Next week, governments from around the world will gather in Geneva for what may be one of the most consequential environmental negotiations of our...

Michael Simire - August 1, 2025

Cover

Environmentalists task govt on commitment to global plastic treaty

Environmentalists, civil society groups, and public health experts have called on the Federal Government to take a firmer and more transparent position on plastic...

Michael Simire - August 1, 2025

Pollution

WWF calls for global action to secure robust plastic treaty

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has called for a robust binding agreement as the world convenes from August 5 to 14 in...

Michael Simire - July 28, 2025

Waste Management

Lagos waste pickers task govts on global plastic treaty

As the global community marks the International Waste Pickers Day, the Lagos waste pickers have called on the government at all levels to expedite...

Michael Simire - March 2, 2025

Pollution

INC-5: Nigeria, 84 others support ‘Standing up for Ambition’

Nigeria and 84 other countries taking part in the ongoing INC-5 negotiations in Busan have expressed support for the "Standing up for Ambition", a...

Michael Simire - December 1, 2024

Pollution

Stakeholders urge Nigerian govt to ban single-use plastics from 2025

A team of stakeholders comprising journalists and civil society, who gathered from November 28 to 29, 2024, in Lagos at a media capacity building...

Michael Simire - December 1, 2024

Pollution

INC-5: Why plastic credits, bonds shouldn’t be included in global plastic treaty

As the INC-5 negotiations move closer to the finish line in Busan, Korea, environmental justice and worker organisations have joined to demand that nations...

Michael Simire - December 1, 2024

Pollution

Road to Busan clear as negotiations on a global plastics treaty close in Ottawa

The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-4), concluded on Monday, April 29,...

Michael Simire - May 1, 2024

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