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Germany is participating in the international High Ambition Coalition HAC to end plastic pollutionIn order to end plastic pollution by 2040 Germany is participating in the international High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution which is starting today. In March the UN Environment Assembly UNEA in Nairobi agreed to start negotiations on an international legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution. A group of like-minded countries has now initiated a coalition of ambitious countries to advance the implementation of Resolution 514 End Plastic Pollution Towards an International Legally Binding Instrument. As announced at UNEA5.2 Norway and Rwanda co-chair the ambitious coalition.Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke The littering of the seas with vast amounts of plastic is a huge environmental problem that is harmful to flora and fauna but also to people. We worked hard with like-minded countries in Nairobi to take an important globally coordinated step against the plastic flood a mandate for an intergovernmental negotiating group to negotiate an agreement to reduce marine litter and environmental pollution within a few years. We are now continuing with this initiative with the same emphasis and raising the activities of like-minded countries to a new level. After our G7 and G20 presidencies in 2015 and 2017 the G7 Ocean Deal once again prominently addresses the issue as one of the three plantar crises. This is also a clear signalPlastic pollution has reached unprecedented levels worldwide and without concerted global action and an international binding framework is expected to increase significantly over the next few decades. All plastics are made from chemicals from base polymers to additives and processing aids. Many of these are considered potentially hazardous to human health and the environment.To protect our natural foundations of life the High Ambition Coalition has defined three strategic goals for success in further negotiations limiting plastic consumption and production to a sustainable level establishing a circular economy for plastics and ensuring the environmentally friendly handling of plastic waste.In addition to Germany which had already initiated a process of like-minded states together with Norway and the European Commission the governments of Rwanda and Norway together with ministries from Canada Peru Germany Senegal Georgia the Republic of Korea the United Kingdom Portugal Chile Denmark Finland Sweden Costa Rica Iceland and Ecuador participated in the High Ambition Coalition.
