Let the third round of negotiations begin – with a Zero Draft as a guide!
November 13th, 2023 – the air is damp in Nairobi, the lines to get through security are long, and the negotiations are starting – this time with what is called a Zero-draft of the future treaty in hand, with five main parts - prepared by the Chair Gustavo Meza-Cuadra Velasquez from Peru with the support of the secretariat. The official name of the meeting of states here in Nairobi this week is the “3rd Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to Develop an International Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution, Including in the Marine Environment” - INC-3 in short. And it’s the third of five meetings to negotiate this treaty to stop plastic pollution, and only one year left to do it in according to the official plan.