The UN Environment Assembly made history at its resumed fifth meeting, through decisions to undertake negotiations on two critical processes: an internationally legal binding instrument by 2024 to end plastic pollution and an agreement to establish a science-policy panel on chemicals and waste and to prevent pollution. The science body would be similar to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
Published By: The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)