now plastic pollution promotions to the
mountains, it’s one of the most pressing
environmental issues . the rapid increase
in the production of disposable Plastic
Products, it’s overwhelmed the world’s
ability to deal with them of course .and
despite Decades of efforts, plastic
pollution is only getting worse .and in
the latest delegates from scores and
Nations , they’re meeting in the seaside
city of Punta Del Este in Uruguay . to
chart a path to the first Global treaty
to combat plastic pollution.
we know that the world has a significant
addiction to plastic , but we also know
that the world has created a plastic
crisis.
plastic crisis is also a climate crisis.
Plastics has a heavy carbon footprint
and a heavy chemical footprint . the
meeting in Uruguay , which will last for
five days is only the first
step in negotiations . while four more
Global meetings are planned to carry the
process forward.
what we are now doing is, the first round
of five negotiations to deliver the text
as the minister said. it’s complicated, we
have chemicals ,we have industry, we have
interests ,we have waste Pickers, but
everyone wants plastic out of
the environment . now the meet comes after
the parties at the United Nations
environment assembly held in a Nairobi.
imagine Nairobi held in March
and agreed to create the world’s first
ever Global plastic pollution treaty.
here now an intergovernmental committee
would be tasked with finalizing binding
plastic treaty by 2024 . this decision was
seen as the biggest environmental ad
vice . since the Paris agreement that was
signed in 2015 to curb global warming.
it is ambitious to end plastic pollution
but it is entirely doable. it is in our
hands and I am very optimistic. that we
can work on the base of science on the
base of strong National leadership to
deliver an agreement text by the end of
two years . now to give you a perspective
why this major so important . according to
a World Wildlife Fund study , plastic
production is forecast to double over
the next 20 years. while the amount of
plastic flowing into the ocean will
triple . eventually causing a ripple
effect here ,where there will be
widespread environmental damage.
destruction of sensitive ecosystems and
putting some species at risk of
Extinction and meanwhile . there are
reports that microplastics have been
found in human blood lung spleen kidney
tissue , and even in fetal tissue.