GENEVA, May 14 (IPS) – Norway’s reported decision to review and place on hold aspects of its funding to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) should be understood as more than a budgetary matter. It is a political signal. It is also a warning that the global plastics treaty negotiations may now be approaching the point at which governments must decide whether the present UNEP process can still deliver the treaty they promised, or whether a different pathway is required.
About The Author
You may also like
-
What Hungary’s New Pro-Democracy Government Means For Rule of Law
-
The Global Epidemic of Violence in an Age of Impunity
-
The Tale of Three Countries: Policy Independence Matters for Development
-
The Iran War Is Costing Children’s Lives in Somalia
-
PHILIPPINES: ‘A Protest Is One Day, but Organising Is the Thousands of Conversations That Make That Day Possible’