Our policy advocacy efforts in Tanzania include a range of activities, including conducting research and analysis to inform policy decisions, engaging with stakeholders to build support for policy changes, and providing technical expertise to inform policy development. We have been one of the active stakeholders involved in the Global Plastic Treaty. Ahead of The Fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC), we hosted a webinar to raise awareness among stakeholders in the government, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), and communities about the upcoming Fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) on the Global Plastic Treaty.
The webinar showed the significance of this treaty in addressing the global plastic pollution crisis and mobilizing support and awareness among relevant stakeholders in Tanzania. In this webinar guest Speakers Silvani E Mng’anya who is a Principal Program Officer – AGENDA/ IPEN (International Pollutants Elimination Network) Anglophone Regional Coordinator and Henry Msuya who is a Senior Standard Officer from Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) and INC Tanzania Delegate, having more than 39+ participants from different sectors and movements.
For the Global Plastics Treaty to effectively reverse the tide of plastic pollution, mechanisms and solutions to address it need to exist within climate and planetary boundaries and drastically address plastic production. This treaty could be an opportunity to get it right and become one of history’s most significant environmental agreements. The Fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) represents a crucial milestone and another step in the negotiation process towards finalizing the treaty. It presents an opportunity for governments and organizations to actively engage in shaping the treaty’s provisions and ensuring its effectiveness in ending plastic pollution.
Conclusively, we emphasize that the Global Plastic Treaty offers a unique opportunity to end the crisis of plastic pollution, which affects our environment, human health, human rights, and the climate. This treaty is crucial in establishing a global framework to regulate the production, distribution, and use of plastics. Legal measures and effective implementation plans should be enacted to ensure that our world has a sustainable, safe, and healthier future for generations to come. We call upon the Tanzania community, governments, non-governmental organizations, waste collectors, and environmental stakeholders to collaborate and support the International Plastic Treaty. We urge stakeholders to continue working together and advocate for the implementation of these priorities.
