Thirteen famous personalities from the world of cinema, sports and activity are the heroes of the film A video appeal launched by Greenpeace today To demand that governments put an end to the age of plastic: The film was released on the day the third round of negotiations for a global plastics treaty officially opened in Nairobi, Kenya, bringing together world leaders at UN headquarters. United Nations Environment Programme.
“We need to put an end to the age of plastic, because it is killing nature. “Recycling cannot be our way out of the plastic crisis: we must reduce production,” declared famous British ethicist Jane Goodall, who is among the well-known faces who have joined the Greenpeace appeal. “Our planet doesn’t have a restart button, and we can’t go back like in the game. “An ambitious global treaty is the only way to end the age of plastic,” said South Korean actor Lee Jong-jae, the star of the TV series. Squid game. “Put an end to the age of plastic,” chanted activist and indigenous leader Hindu Amr Ibrahim. “We protect indigenous peoples. Our land in Africa is not a dumping ground.”
Greenpeace reminds us that more than 99% of plastic is sourced from fossil fuels, and with production expected to increase dramatically, plastic threatens to exacerbate the climate crisis. That’s why, for some time, the Environment Agency has been calling for plastic pollution, one of the most dangerous emergencies of our time, to be tackled at its source by reducing production.
“The Global Plastics Treaty must reduce at least 75% of total plastic production by 2040 to keep global temperature rise within the critical threshold of 1.5°C, thus protecting the climate, our health, our rights and our communities,” explains Graham Forbes, Head of the Peace Organization Delegation. Green to the ongoing negotiations in Nairobi. “We have a unique opportunity to solve the plastic crisis: for the sake of our future as a society, we cannot waste this moment.”
More than a thousand delegates, including government ministers from around the world, will meet in Nairobi until Sunday 19 November to agree a legally binding instrument and achieve the UN goal of closing global plastics treaty negotiations by the end of 2024.
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