GAIA Africa and GAYO bring practitioners to Ghana to promote circular economy solutions and cut emissions from waste By Bunmi Yekini The…
By Bunmi Yekini Environmental groups across Africa have called for stronger enforcement of anti-waste dumping laws and an end to what they…
By: Cecilia Allen, Global Zero Waste Cities Program Lead, GAIA Several weeks ago, we were reminded that landfills are among the largest…
Women Bear Disproportionate Burden of Plastic Pollution, Activists say at Africa Webinar
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By Bunmi Yekini Plastic pollution is posing a growing threat to human health and the environment, with women and girls facing disproportionate…
Countries Elect Chile’s Cordano To Chair Global Plastics Treaty Talks Amid Calls For Transparency
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By Bunmi Yekini Countries meeting in Geneva on Friday elected Chilean diplomat Julio Cordano as chair of the United Nations negotiations to…
Ambitious Nations Resist Weak Plastics Treaty as Negotiations Collapse Amidst Broken Process
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By Bunmi Yekini The latest round of global plastics treaty negotiations ended in disarray, as ambitious countries stood firm against a deal…
Delegates say latest treaty draft “regresses” from global mandate, leaves out key environmental protections By Bunmi Yekini Global South governments and civil…
By Bunmi Yekini With just a day left in the plastics treaty negotiations, countries and civil society groups have rejected the Chair’s…
Boiling Point in Global Plastics Treaty Talks: Civil Society Urges Governments to Break Deadlock
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…After years of stalled negotiations and obstruction by a minority of petro-states, campaigners warn that the credibility of multilateralism—and the planet’s future,…
