From February 28 to March 4, 2022, the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) 5.2 will convene. UNEA 5.2 coincides with the 10th anniversary of its creation and the 50th anniversary of the UN Environment Programme. UN Member States are expected to adopt a decision to start negotiations on a new treaty on plastic pollution. More than three-fourths of the UN membership publicly support the development of a new global agreement along with more than 2.1 million individuals, 25 financial institutions, and more than 60 companies globally.
WWF-Philippines is one with the Philippines and other UN countries’ plan to push for this global treaty. The Philippines is a co-sponsor of the Peru and Rwanda Resolution which proposes that UNEA establishes an Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) with a mandate to prepare a new legally binding global agreement that would form part of international law.