Tosca Ballerini

Marine biologist and scientific journalist, Tosca Ballerini is concerned with issues such as the climate crises, marine resources, pollution, citizen science, and data analysis.

The US threatens retaliation against states that will support the IMO Net Zero Framework

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The United States announced that it will retaliate against countries that next October will confir...

Global Plastics Treaty, INC-5.2 ends without agreement and amid controversy

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano After a night of closed-door meetings and a day later than scheduled, the final plenary session of...

Plastic credits, a false solution that legitimises waste colonialism

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The extended fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2) for a Global P...

Third UN Ocean Conference: a missed opportunity to protect marine life

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Frome Nice - The Third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) concluded on Friday, the 13th of Ju...

UNOC3 Nice, the third United Nations Ocean Conference kicks off

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano From Nice - The third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) begins today June 9 and will run unt...

EU pellet regulation: environment and health sacrificed in the name of simplification

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Started in October 2023 as part of the Zero Pollution Action Plan promoted by the former European ...

Global plastics treaty, INC-5 closes without agreement and is postponed to 2025

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano At 2.50 a.m. of Monday, 2 December in Busan, South Korea, the fifth round of negotiations (INC-5) ...

Global plastics treaty: is a weak agreement better than none at all?

This article is available also in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The fifth and final round of negotiations (INC-5) for a Global Plastics Treaty begins today, Novem...

ITLOS: States have a legal obligation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano On the 21st of May 2024, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) issued an advis...

Global plastics treaty, the 4th negotiation ended amid stonewalling and misinformation

The fourth round of negotiations of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) for the development of an international legally binding instrument (ILBI) on plastic pollution was held in Ott...

Planet vs Plastic, the Hidden Cost of an Unwise Use

The industrial production of plastic began around 1950 and has increased exponentially in the years since, substantially exceeding that of any other manufactured material.  A 2020 study publish...

Global plastics treaty, third round of negotiations closes without agreement

The third round of negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty (INC-3) ended on the evening of Sunday, Nov. 19 without agreement on how to move forward. The INC Secretariat was mandated to draft ...

Global plastics treaty negotiations, more lobbyists than G7 delegates

An analysis of the participants present at the third round of negotiations (INC-3) for the global plastics treaty found that the number of lobbyists related to the fossil fuel and chemical industrie...

Global plastics treaty, Iran surprisingly announces new coalition

The third and penultimate round of intergovernmental negotiations (INC-3) for an Internationally legally binding instrument (ILBI) on plastic pollution that is expected to be ready for ratifica...

Global Plastics Treaty: the scientists' response to the zero draft

The zero draft of the Global Plastic Treaty released in early September offers a wide range of options, some of which have the potential to result in an effective legally binding instrument to ...

Global Plastic Treaty: Zero Draft Published

On September 4th, the zero draft of the Global Plastic Pollution Treaty was published, reflecting a wide range of options and viewpoints. Among the various options are mandatory reduction of virgin ...

Global Plastics Treaty: upsides and downsides of the second round of negotiations

The second round of negotiations (INC-2) for a Global Plastics Treaty, held from May 29 to June 2 at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, concluded with the adoption of a mandate to create a “zero dr...

Global plastics treaty: the second round of negotiation is underway

The second round of negotiations (INC-2) for the development of a treaty on plastic pollution is being held between 29th May and 2nd June in Paris. Although the 2022 mandate defined by the United Na...

Global Plastic Treaty: the first round of negotiations opens in Uruguay

The first round of negotiations for the adoption of a global treaty on plastic opens in Uruguay. From 28 November to 2 December 2022, in Punta del Este, the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (...

Packaging waste: a preview of the European Commission's draft proposal

On November 30, the European Commission is due to submit its proposal for a "Regulation of the European Parliament and Council on Packaging and Packaging Waste." Renewable Matter was able to view a ...

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