Environment and Social Development Organization-ESDO organized a virtual media briefing on re-dialogue about the second Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on the global plastic treaty (INC-2) on 23 May 2023. The matters & solutions were discussed in this event for the upcoming meetings of the Intergovernmental negotiating committee (INC) that will create the full text of the new plastics treaty.

Syed Marghub Murshed, respected Chairperson of ESDO and former secretary of the government of Bangladesh, Dr. Ainun Nishat, Executive Professor at the Center of Climate Change and Environmental Research, Dr. Shahriar Hossain, Secretary General of ESDO, Siddika Sultana, Executive Director of ESDO and Mazedul Islam, Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Present at the event.

They discuss global initiatives to reduce plastic pollution by limiting plastic production and use, altering how businesses deliver goods to consumers with an emphasis on refill and reuse, holding polluters accountable, demanding complete transparency on plastic production, use, import, and export, and requiring wealthy nations to take the lead in the transition to zero-waste and assist others. A robust global plastics treaty will prevent major polluters from producing plastic at an unrelenting rate and keep the oil and gas needed to make plastic in the ground. We will all benefit from a cleaner, safer environment thanks to a robust plastics pact.