Countries scramble to bridge deep divisions over the extent of future curbs on what is meant to be the final day of negotiations at the United Nations in Geneva.
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Countries scrambled to bridge deep divisions over the extent of future curbs on what was meant to be the final day of negotiations at the United Nations in Geneva. Late Thursday night, countries had been awaiting a new text that could be the basis for further negotiations after delegations who want an ambitious plastics treaty threw out the one proposed on Wednesday.
More than 1,000 delegates have gathered in Geneva for the sixth round of talks, after a meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee in South Korea late last year ended without a deal. Norwegian Minister of Climate and Environment Andreas Bjelland Eriksen, co-chair of the High Ambition Countries group, told Reuters that all parties need to compromise.“We are willing to discuss all articles, three, six, for example, to be able to create the package that can be good enough for everyone,” he said, pointing to potential openness to re-discussing restrictions on chemicals and production.
The council, which supports a deal without limits on plastic production, warned that the US might not ratify a treaty containing provisions to ban chemicals or restrict plastic production.
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