{"id":1212,"date":"2024-04-20T19:28:45","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T19:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodmeasureproductions.com\/?p=1212"},"modified":"2026-05-26T15:57:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T15:57:45","slug":"plastic-people-part-of-the-un-plastics-treaty-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodmeasureproductions.com\/staging\/5071\/plastic-people-part-of-the-un-plastics-treaty-negotiations\/","title":{"rendered":"Plastic People part of the UN Plastics Treaty Negotiations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3>INC4 Negotiations<\/h3>\n<h2><b>Plastic People Screening At UN Plastic Treaty Session<\/b><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_divider_0 et_pb_divider et_pb_space et_pb_divider_position_top et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodmeasureproductions.com\/staging\/5071\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/PP-Minister-CHAN2189-scaled.jpg?resize=1080%2C720\" alt=\"Plastic People Directors, Exec Producers, Telus Rep and Minister Steven Guilbeault next to film poster.\" title=\"PP &amp; Minister\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodmeasureproductions.com\/staging\/5071\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/PP-Minister-CHAN2189-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodmeasureproductions.com\/staging\/5071\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/PP-Minister-CHAN2189-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodmeasureproductions.com\/staging\/5071\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/PP-Minister-CHAN2189-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodmeasureproductions.com\/staging\/5071\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/PP-Minister-CHAN2189-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodmeasureproductions.com\/staging\/5071\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/PP-Minister-CHAN2189-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodmeasureproductions.com\/staging\/5071\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/PP-Minister-CHAN2189-scaled.jpg?w=2160 2160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" class=\"wp-image-1216\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In March 2022, at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unep.org\/inc-plastic-pollution\">UN Environment Assembly<\/a>, a resolution was adopted to develop a legally binding agreement on plastic pollution. Since then governments from around the world have been convening and discussing terms for the agreement. The fourth meeting, INC-4, was held in Ottawa in April 2024 where 4000 delegates from around the world descended on Canada\u2019s capital city. Negotiations will wrap up with INC-5 at the end of 2024 in Busan, South Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of the commitment to facilitate a conversation shift around the urgent health issue of microplastics through a robust impact campaign, the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/plasticpeopledoc.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Plastic People<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> team recognized the opportunity to influence key policymakers taking part in the UN Plastics Treaty negotiations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Working closely with Canada\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pm.gc.ca\/en\/cabinet\/honourable-steven-guilbeault\">Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault<\/a>, the Plastic People team was able to incorporate the film into the official program with the High Ambition Coalition High-Level Meetings on the eve of the negotiations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This screening included Environment Ministers, High Commissioners, Ambassadors, members of the business coalition and other notable delegates including the UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance. The screening also included a panel discussion afterward with Co-Director Ziya Tong, Author and Executive Producer Rick Smith and WWF International\u2019s global lead on plastics Eirik Lindebjerg with moderator Sholeh Alemi Fabbri from Good Measure Productions (photo below).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_image_1 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodmeasureproductions.com\/staging\/5071\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Sholeh-moderating-INC-4-CHAN2688.jpeg?w=1080\" title=\"Sholeh moderating INC 4 CHAN2688\" alt=\"INC4 Panel for Plastic People\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastic screening hosted by Minister Steven Guilbeault on eve of the UN Plastics Treaty Negotiations in Ottawa. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1216,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,129],"tags":[24,130,128],"class_list":["post-1212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-impact-production","category-impact-screening","tag-documentary","tag-impact-screening","tag-united-nations"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodmeasureproductions.com\/staging\/5071\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/PP-Minister-CHAN2189-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmeasureproductions.com\/staging\/5071\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmeasureproductions.com\/staging\/5071\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmeasureproductions.com\/staging\/5071\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmeasureproductions.com\/staging\/5071\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmeasureproductions.com\/staging\/5071\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1212"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/goodmeasureproductions.com\/staging\/5071\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1607,"href":"https:\/\/goodmeasureproductions.com\/staging\/5071\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1212\/revisions\/1607"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmeasureproductions.com\/staging\/5071\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmeasureproductions.com\/staging\/5071\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmeasureproductions.com\/staging\/5071\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmeasureproductions.com\/staging\/5071\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}