{"id":64199,"date":"2024-03-26T10:58:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T14:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/?p=64199"},"modified":"2024-03-26T10:58:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T14:58:16","slug":"greenpeace-delivers-global-plastics-treaty-petition-to-environment-climate-change-canada-ahead-of-un-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/press-release\/64199\/greenpeace-delivers-global-plastics-treaty-petition-to-environment-climate-change-canada-ahead-of-un-negotiations\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenpeace delivers Global Plastics Treaty petition to Environment & Climate Change Canada ahead of UN negotiations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

GATINEAU<\/strong> \u2014 Greenpeace Canada delivered<\/a> a petition this morning calling for a strong UN Plastics Treaty to the Office of Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC). The petition was signed by nearly 50,000 people<\/a> in Canada and more than 2 million people <\/a>worldwide. <\/p>\n\n

Ahead of the fourth round<\/a> of negotiations (INC-4) hosted by the Canadian government in Ottawa from April 23 -29, the activists brought banners and a message in a large cutout of a plastic bottle for Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault, calling for a strong Global Plastics Treaty and an end to the age of plastic. <\/p>\n\n

\u201cGone are the romantic days of a lone glass bottle washing ashore, a faraway message inside. Nowadays, shorelines are deluged with plastic bottles \u2014 like the cutout we brought to ECCC \u2014 with a message from the planet, echoed by over two million people: end the age of plastic,\u201d said Brandon Wei, communications officer on Greenpeace Canada\u2019s oceans and plastic campaign<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n

Greenpeace\u2019s petition outlines priority demands for a strong legally-binding agreement that includes cuts to plastic production and use, centring justice and upholding Indigenous Rights, and a just transition to a zero waste, low-carbon, reuse-based future. Greenpeace is pushing for a minimum 75-per-cent cut<\/a> to plastic production by 2040 to stay below 1.5\u00b0 C for the climate and to protect human health, rights and ecosystems. <\/p>\n\n

The talks happening in Ottawa will be the second-last meeting before the final negotiations happen in Busan, South Korea in November. <\/p>\n\n

\u201cMinister Guilbeault is well aware that the stakes are high with Canada hosting the next round of treaty negotiations, and we want him to know that there is growing global support for Canada to rise in this critical moment for the planet,\u201d said Sarah King, head of Greenpeace Canada\u2019s oceans and plastic campaign.<\/strong> \u201cCanada must work bilaterally to champion a truly impactful treaty, and send a clear signal that if governments are going to be ambitious about tackling plastic pollution, they need to be ambitious about cutting plastic production.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

ENDS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Notes to editors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Photos and videos are available here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n

A global media briefer is available here<\/a>. A Canadian one will be available soon.<\/p>\n\n

For more information:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Brandon Wei, Communications officer, Greenpeace Canada<\/p>\n\n

brandon.wei@greenpeace.org<\/a>; +1 778 772-6138<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n \t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTell Canada to support a strong Global Plastics Treaty\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

If world leaders get it right, a strong Global Plastics Treaty has the potential to end the age of plastic \u2013 for good. Join the campaign now!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t \n Take action\n <\/a>\n \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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