Third session of the international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-3), Nairobi, Kenya
- 13 Nov - 19 Nov
- Nairobi, Kenya
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The third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-3) will take place from 13 to 19 November 2023 at the United Nations Environment Programme Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya.
The programme, agenda and zero draft for INC-3 are available here.
Together with IndustriALL (plastic production), IUF (plastic use) and WIEGO (informal waste workers), PSI is following this international negotiation as part of the Workers and Trade Unions UN Major Group delegation coordinated by the ITUC representing waste collection, disposal and sanitation and related public service workers engaged in the fight against plastic waste pollution.
PSI contributed already to the second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-2), from 29 May to 2 June 2023 at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Headquarters in Paris, France. PSI’s contributions and resourced to INC-2 are available here.
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Workers and Trade Unions UN Major Group's - Shared priorities for the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) UNEP
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ITUC-PSI-IndustriALL-IUF explainer on Just Transition for INC-3
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Workers and Trade Unions Submission to Third Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution including the marine environment (INC-3)
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“Decent Work and Occupational Health and Safety: pillars of a Just Transition away from plastic pollution and hazards” Presentation by the Workers and Trade unions at the UNEP INC-3 Side Event, Room 12, 17 November 2023, UNON, Kenya
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La question de la "transition juste" dans le secteur des plastiques sera l'un des principaux enjeux des négociations en vue d'un traité mondial juridiquement contraignant sur les plastiques, qui se tiendront à Nairobi, au Kenya, cette semaine. Ce texte a été initialement publié par Arthur Neslen dans le magazine Equal Times et contient des citations de notre responsable ALR, Daria Cibrario.
