On to the next disappointing summit

 

On to the next disappointing summit -- My Manila Times column for Thursday, November 21, 2024. This commentary is about the 5th and supposedly final round of negotiations on a global plastic treaty, which are to be held in South Korea starting Monday, November 25, just after the end of the COP29 climate summit. 

Spoiler alert: I have low expectations for the outcome of the upcoming meeting, an unfortunate feeling that has only been reinforced by the news coming from Baku, which indicates not much is being accomplished at COP29. 

(Image: Volunteers cleaning up garbage along the shore of Manila Bay, sometime in 2018. Credit: Break Free From Plastic)