Inger Andersen
'Convergence' growing on global plastics treaty: UN environment chief
Two local government sanitation workers clean a river from plastic waste using a raft made of old plastic jerrycans in Jakarta on Sept. 20, 2024. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP)
The U.N. environment chief said Sunday she was beginning to see convergence on the world's first binding treaty on plastic pollution despite differences on production caps and a tax-like plastic fee.
Dacic meets with UNEP's Andersen
BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic met on Friday with UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Executive Director Inger Andersen, who is on her first working visit to Serbia and the region.
- Read more about Dacic meets with UNEP's Andersen
- Log in to post comments
Leaded petrol runs out of gas, century after first warnings: UN
The use of leaded petrol has been eradicated from the globe, a milestone that will prevent more than 1.2 million premature deaths and save world economies over $2.4 trillion annually, the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) said on Aug. 30.
class='cf'>