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South Africa will call for the establishment of a fund to help end plastic pollution, in a new global treaty, according to an official from the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment (DFFE).
Minister Barbara Creecy and deputy director-general for chemicals and waste management, Mogala Musekene, on Friday shared the country's position for upcoming negotiations to establish an international, legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution.
South Africa is one of 175 countries that will come together later this month in Ottawa, Canada, to negotiate a legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution, especially in the marine environment. The negotiations are led by the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC), which was established in 2022 by the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA). So far, three sessions have been held, with a final session due in December in Busan, South Korea.
