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Local and Subnational Governments Coalition to End Plastic Pollution

Overview

Sign up to support the Coalition and the Statement Inscríbase para apoyar a la coalición y la declaración Signez pour soutenir la coalition et la déclaration

 

In February 2022, at the resumed fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2), a historic resolution (resolution 5/14) was adopted to develop an international legally binding instrument to contain plastic pollution, including in the marine environment with the ambition to complete the negotiations by end of 2024.

The instrument is to be based on a comprehensive approach that addresses the full life cycle of plastic. The INC will consider how to promote sustainable production and consumption of plastics from product design to environmentally sound waste management through resource efficiency and circular economy approaches.

The rapidly increasing levels of plastic pollution represent a serious global environmental issue that negatively impacts the environmental, social, economic and health dimensions of sustainable development. Under a business-as-usual scenario and in the absence of necessary interventions, the amount of plastic waste entering aquatic ecosystems could nearly triple from some 9–14 million tonnes per year in 2016 to a projected 23–37 million tons per year by 2040.

Read the Coalition position towards INC- 5.2 Suggested language Read the Media Release Open letter to the INC Chair

Local and Subnational Governments Coalition to End Plastic Pollution

  • Coalition Concept

    To establish an international coalition of Local and Subnational Governments (LSNG), and relevant organizations, with the collective goal of engaging Member States and the INC-Secretariat during and post INC negotiations with a unified voice. The coalition also seeks to ensure that the future international instrument on plastic pollution has a high ambition to address plastic pollution, and also create healthy and thriving communities and workforce in line with the principles of a Just Transition, while ensuring a sustainable economy. You can find more information about the coalition here.

  • Coalition position towards INC - 5.2

    The Coalition’s position, developed specifically for INC-5.2, outlines the reasons for including the voices of local and subnational governments in the final instrument. The statement also highlights key areas that affect these governments while advocating for a robust final document. You can find more information about the coalition here.

  • Coalition Statement

    The Coalition Statement, that is developed specifically for INC-4, sets out the rationale for local and subnational governments voice to be included in the final instrument. The Statement also identifies critical areas that impacts local and subnational governments, while advocating for an ambitious final instrument. The coalition can be found here.

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  • Coalition Signatories

    We currently have 107 signatories:

    1. ACR+ (Association of Cities and Regions for sustainable Resource management)

    2. Arraial do Cabo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    3. Asociación de ciudades capitales (ACC)

    4. Asociacion Dominicana de Muicipios del Este

    5. Asociación Nacional de Autoridades Ambientales Estatal (ANAAE)

    6. Associación de residuos Latinoamericana, Mexico

    7. Associación Mexicana de Oficinas de Asuntos Internacionales de los Estados (AMAIE)

    8. AVF Germany

    9. Baden-Württemberg, Germany

    10. State of Baja California, Mexico

    11. Blaine County, Idaho, United States

    12. British-Colombia, Canada

    13. Câmara Municipal de Guimarães, Portugal

    14. State of Campeche, Mexico

    15. Cantón de Buenos Aires, Costa Rica

    16. Cantón de El Guarco, Costa Rica

    17. Cantón de Flores, Costa Rica

    18. Cantón de Jiménez, Costa Rica

    19. Cantón de La Unión, Costa Rica

    20. Cantón de Oreamuno, Costa Rica

    21. Cantón de Paquera, Costa Rica

    22. Cantón de Puriscal, Costa Rica

    23. Cantón de San José, Costa Rica

    24. Cantón de Tibás

    25. Cantón de Tilarán, Costa Rica,

    26. Cape Coast, Ghana

    27. Center for Leadership, Communication and Governance, Inc. (CLCGI)Quezon City, Philippines

    28. Centre of Excellence in Disaster Management

    29. Chefchaouen, Moroco

    30. State of Chiapas, Mexico

    31. State of Chihuaua, Mexico

    32. Circe.med

    33. City Government of Mati, Philipines

    34. City of Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

    35. City of Boulder, United States

    36. City of Lansing, United States

    37. City of Luleå, Sweden

    38. City of Malaybalay, CDRRM office

    39. City of Matosinhos, Portugal

    40. City of Medellín, Colombia

    41. City of Montréal, Canada

    42. City of Portland, City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, United States

    43. City of Santa Rosa, United States

    44. City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa

    45. City of Washington, United States

    46. City of West Hollywood, United States

    47. State of Colima, Mexico

    48. Communauté des Communes du Plateau, Benin

    49. Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR)

    50. County of Ventura, United States

    51. Distrito Central Honduras, Honduras

    52. Distrito Especial de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación de Medellín, Colombia

    53. Earth Development Foundation

    54. State of Mexico, Mexico

    55. Estado de Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    56. European Committee of the Regions (CdR)

    57. Fortaleza, Brazil

    58. Goicoechea, Costa Rica

    59. Government of Catalonia

    60. Government of Quebec

    61. Goyang Special City, Republic of Korea

    62. State of Guanajuato, Mexico

    63. State of Guerrero, Mexico

    64. Indian plastics institute

    65. Integrated Development Africa Programme

    66. Interfacing Development Interventions for Sustainability (IDIS), Inc.

    67. Jackson, Wyoming, United States

    68. State of Jalisco, Mexico

    69. Kampala City, Uganda, Walton Africa

    70. Key West, United States

    71. Kochi, Kerala, India

    72. La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States

    73. Lagos city, Nigeria

    74. Mashhad, Islamic Republic of Iran

    75. Miami-Dade County Office of Resilience, United States

    76. Mississippi River Cities & Towns Initiative (MRCTI)

    77. State of Morelos, Mexico

    78. Municipality of Walvis Bay, Namibia

    79. Mykolaiv City Council, Ukraine

    80. Nansana, Uganda

    81. Navas de San Juan, Spain

    82. State of Nuevo León, Mexico

    83. Ocean Cities Network

    84. Odun State, Nigeria

    85. Provincia de Córdoba, Argentina

    86. Provincia de Imbambura, Ecuador

    87. Provincia de Jujuy, Argentina

    88. Renca, Chile

    89. Salvador City Hall, Bahia, Brazil

    90. State of San Luis Potosí, Mexico

    91. Secrétaire général adjoint ONG ASP-AL-HERI

    92. SEMADET, Mexico

    93. Seongnam City, Republic of Korea

    94. Silver Spring, United States

    95. State of Michoacan, Mexico

    96. State of Sonora, Mexico

    97. State of Tamaulipas, Mexico

    98. Tigray Development Association

    99. Town of Mountain Village, United States

    100. Tunapuna Piarco Regional Corporation, Trinidad and Tobago

    101. Turku, Finland

    102. Unión Nacional de Gobiernos Locales de Costa Rica (UNGLC)

    103. Valle del Cauca, Colombia

    104. Village of Park Forest, United States

    105. Zaria Metropolitan Development Authority, Nigeria

    106. Zoueratte, Mauritania

    107. Zumbi Zamora Chinchipe, Ecuador

Partners

Convening partners:

Founding LSNG Signatories:

  

In collaboration with:

Contacts

ICLEI, Magash Naidoo, Head of Circular Development- World Secretariat, magashen.naidoo@iclei.org, 

Government of Quebec, Véronique-Aimée Dion, Veronique-Aimee.Dion@mri.gouv.qc.ca

Government of Catalonia, Maria Rosés Giralt, mariaroses@gencat.cat

United Cities and Local Governments, Pablo Sebastián Mariani, p.mariani@uclg.org

Global Cities Hub, Kamelia Kemileva, k.kemileva@globalcitieshub.org

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