Maria Dalby

INC-5.3: Where the global plastics treaty talks stand, and why this meeting matters On February 7, governments will gather to choose a new chair to lead negotiations on a global plastics treaty. Here's where the talks stand.

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Jeg tror det er lidt som at nordmænd siger «klisterkanalen» om Limfjorden ;) god vittighed. Men desværre ikke sandt.

Det er mange gode norske ord, vi nemt kunne adoptere 🤗 brainstorming= idémyldring, er en personlig favorit.

The Chemical Cocktail Reality By Ieva Rucevska, Paige Hellbaum Eikeland, and Sinja Rist, GRID-Arendal/DTU Aqua Every day, we are exposed to a chemical “cocktail” we did not choose and cannot see. From the water we drink and the...

The first plenary session of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on #Chemicals, #Waste & #Pollution kicks off today in #GENeva.
A most read to know why this is important for all of us:
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Ghost recycling: how Big Oil re-brands and sells fossil fuel as green plastic Saudi Aramco, one of the world’s top corporate greenhouse gas emitters, supplies fossil-based plastics to global brands that sell them as “recycled.” Loopholes in industry-backed rules let these brand...

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Forurenser betales - Altinget Norsk miljøpolitikk er en salig blanding av «forurenser betaler», «forurenser slipper å betale» og «forurenser betales».

Er mange merkelige møter vi understøtter uhensiktsmessige handling - både usunt for helbred og miljøet…
#norskpolitikk @altinget.bsky.social
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Opinion | Dear America, We’d Like to Speak to the Manager

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“You guys have gotten your teeth kicked in by the corporate media ownership. So if we're going to go down, let's go loud and fighting. But ultimately, I don't think we will go down.”

'Don’t Look Up' director calls for urgency in climate change coverage In Don’t Look Up, the 2021 satirical film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence, a huge asteroid barrelling towards Earth while most people ignore its impending destruction is a thinly disg...

McKay praised climate journalists, even as he heaped criticism on many media outlets. “God bless the climate journalist,” he said.

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Global leaders seek action on environment, despite divide The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA), the world’s top decision-making body on the environment, opened its seventh session in Nairobi on Monday, aiming to take action on critical environmenta...

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A resilient planet depends on Indigenous leadership.

At the #UNEA7 Special Dialogue on Indigenous Peoples, we reaffirmed that Indigenous knowledge systems, sciences, and practices are vital to the planet’s survival - and @unep.org will not stop listening, learning and championing Indigenous rights.

INTERVIEW |‘Multilateralism is under strain, but what’s the alternative?’: Inger Andersen NAIROBI: As negotiators haggle over language on plastics, climate change and finance at the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) in Nairobi, questions about the fut

Read this interview Inger Andersen did with out cohort of journalist before UNEA7:

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UN plastics treaty chair to step down with process in turmoil Exclusive: Luis Vayas Valdivieso says he is quitting for personal and professional reasons after reports of pressure behind the scenes

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Speaking up About Plastic Pollution in Turkey, from Biology to Waste Trade In this episode we’ll travel to Turkey with Sedat Gündogdu. Sedat is a Turkish marine biologist and works as a professor at Cukurova University in Adana. When Sedat realized how much plastic trash was

ICYMI: In the new Plastisphere episode, @sgundogdu.bsky.social and I chat about #plasticpollution in Turkey, how exports from the EU contribute to it, and what it takes to be a scientist-activist in the country. You can listen wherever you find your podcasts or here on.soundcloud.com/UiAGEWUk4f56...

Forskere fra Salt har funnet 39 døde rein på Svalbard For første gang har forskere systematisert funn av døde rein på Svalbard. De foreløpige resultatene bekymrer flere.

– The reindeer that get trapped in larger objects will either die from exhaustion or malnutrition. At the same time (…)
During last year’s cleanup expedition, they found 20 Svalbard reindeer that had met their end caught in marine debris. This year, they found 19.
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The cross-border project by the Guardian, Arena for Journalism in Europe (Arena), Nina, the Norwegian broadcaster NRK and other news outlets in 11 countries found that Europe loses about 1,500 sq km (580 sq miles) a year to construction.

Revealed: Europe losing 600 football pitches of nature and crop land a day Investigation shows extent of green land lost across UK and mainland Europe to development from 2018 to 2023

Most read. #natureloss #greentogrey

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Why the BBNJ treaty on marine biodiversity matters more in the Mediterranean (commentary) In June 2023, after nearly two decades of negotiations, the international community adopted the “Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and…

The protection guaranteed by the #HighSeasTreaty should be applied to some unclaimed Mediterranean areas, which would fall into the beyond national jurisdiction category and therefore in the BBNJ Agreement's scope.

Read Camille Loth & Giuseppe Di Carlo's opinion on @mongabay.com ⬇️

en ting jeg savner er det personlige stemmetall! Syns det er merkelig det kun er til lokalvalget. Hadde vært gøy om man kunne se hvilke norske politikere som får mange stemmer etc. Burde også kunne brukes til å forbedre utjevningsmandatene!

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Valgmåling: Klima viktigste utfordring i verden I en ny valgmåling er det klima som scorer høyest på listen over hva velgerne mener er den viktigste utfordringen verden står overfor i dag.

Klima scorer høyest på hva velgerne mener er den viktigste utfordringen verden står overfor i dag. Og alle krisene verden står overfor har én ting til felles: Klimaendringer og tap av natur gjør alt verre. Så la oss gi natur og klima en plass når vi stemmer!
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En blå ungdomsleder har fått dobbelt så mye medieomtale som AUF-lederen - Altinget Ikke overraskende er det statsministeren som har fått mest medieomtale av partilederne hittil i valgkampen. Men blant lederne for ungdomspartiene er bildet annerledes.

At klima og miljø ikke omtales i medierne - er prioriteringen fra journalister… Håpløs valgkampsdekning!

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(+) Da sommeren var på sitt varmeste, døde et vakkert menneske Debatt med, for og om austegder.

@karenla.bsky.social skriver vakkert og rørende om å turde sette spørsmålstegn ved den nye normalen…

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Dansk rådgiver sjokkert over norsk valgkamp: «Norge befinner seg i et surrealistisk ekkokammer» - Altinget Etter å ha fulgt den tv-sendte partilederdebatten fra Arendalsuka, sitter jeg igjen i sjokk. Norge befinner seg i et surrealistisk ekkokammer, hvor ingen snakker om at landet driver klimakrisen fremov...

Dansk perspektiv på en norsk valgkamp som ikke handler om elefanten i rommet…

Oljefondet har investert milliarder i selskaper som anklages for å motarbeide plastavtalen Norge ønsker - Altinget Klima- og miljøministeren var «veldig skuffet» da plastforhandlingene på nytt kollapset forrige uke. Samtidig har Oljefondet investert over 100 milliarder i selskaper som anklages for å være aktive mo...

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Nok en kollaps i plastforhandlingene: – Veldig skuffet - Altinget Det gikk ikke denne gangen heller. Verden må vente lenger på en ny plastavtale, etter nok et forhandlingsbrudd. Klima- og miljøministeren er skuffet, men ser fremover. – Ingen skal være i tvil om at N...

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– Det er klart at vi alle er skuffet over resultatet i Genève. Vi vet at vi trenger en traktat – og den er allerede på overtid, sier hun. @karenla.bsky.social @gridarendal.bsky.social

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Plastic pollution talks fail as negotiators in Geneva reject draft treaties Countries deadlocked on whether legally binding deal should include curbs on production and toxic chemicals

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Hope @heunicke.bsky.social won’t give up 💪🏻 #plasticsTreaty

Talks stall on world’s first plastic pollution treaty one day before deadline Almost 100 countries reject draft treaty as ‘unambitious’ and ‘inadequate’

Talks on world’s first plastic pollution treaty stall one day before deadline

- Almost 100 countries reject draft treaty as ‘unambitious’ and ‘inadequate’

#plasticstreaty
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This simple science tool visualizes where plastic goes AND where it comes form:

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#PlasticsTreaty #INC5 delegates, you can use this to see where your high-seas plastic comes form.

Terms like "accumulation zones" do not capture this movement. That's why we should not focus on them.