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A Tale of Two Treaties
What do climate negotiations have to tell us about plastics? What might improve the prospects for an impactful UN Treaty on Plastics? Is there a sensible way forward?
Achieving a Reduction in Plastics: A Role for Allowance Trading?
The Zero Draft of the UN’s Plastics Treaty talks about reducing production of plastics, and also discusses a global plastic pollution fee. The two measures aren’t explicitly linked. This blog suggests that using tradable allowances to reduce plastic production, with a floor price for their traded value, should be considered