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[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 day ago (2 children)

A large bloc wants bold action such as curbing plastic production, while a smaller clutch of oil-producing states want to focus more narrowly on waste management.

The High Ambition Coalition, which includes the European Union, Britain and Canada, and many African and Latin American countries, wanted to see language on reducing plastic production and the phasing out of toxic chemicals used in plastics.

The cluster of mostly oil-producing states calling themselves the Like-Minded Group – including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Russia, Iran, and Malaysia – want a much narrower remit.

These countries railed against the negotiations being based on the entire life-cycle of plastic: from the petroleum-derived substance right through to waste.

Jfc. So the oil/plastic producers win.

[–] unknown@piefed.social 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Business as usual. Venus by Tuesday.

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 1 points 20 hours ago

The prophet has spoken.

[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Here's what you do:

  1. create a list of ways to reduce pollution.
  2. Ask oil execs to rank them
  3. Remove the options preferred by oil execs
[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Why not cut out the middleman, literally, and just remove the CEO?

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 0 points 20 hours ago

Let's replace them with AI.

[–] Coyote_sly@lemmy.world 8 points 23 hours ago

Not that it would have mattered anyway. Nothing exists to enforce these kind of agreements in any serious fashion after the fact, they're pretty much meaningless outside of PR.