Switzerland admits that it takes a change of pace ‘in discussions in Geneva for an international agreement against plastic pollution. Despite the absence of sufficient advances, the Swiss negotiator chief Felix Wertli remains ‘prudently optimistic’.
‘The discussions are more precise, more concise’ than in the previous series of negotiations in South Korea he is a few months old, he told Swiss journalists on Friday. ‘But they are still too slow’, he adds.
Ambitious countries such as refractory producer states camp in their positions. ‘Many discussions take place to find solutions,’ said Mr. Wertli.
The question of an objective of reducing plastic production, essential for NGOs, is not settled. Just like that of a list of components to be prohibited or a financing mechanism for developing countries. ‘We must really progress to prepare the field for ministers’ who will arrive for some Tuesday for the last days of discussions.
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