Julius Piercy
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Julius Piercy
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Marine biologist, international negotiator, scientist and snapping shrimp enthusiast
1921 days. The length of time I’ve dedicated to the #PlasticsTreaty. 🌍

Last week in Busan, we fell short of an agreement, but the momentum for change is unstoppable — onward to INC5.2! 🚀

#PlasticPollution #INC5
December 5, 2024 at 6:18 AM
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Huge support and enthusiasm for an ambitious UN treaty banning #PlasticPollution at #INC5 in Busan. UK team looking forward to the final stages of the negotiation. #PlasticsTreaty @ingerandersen.bsky.social @unep.bsky.social
December 1, 2024 at 2:08 AM
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No #PlasticsTreaty yet, but real progress, and sincere ambition from most parties. An honour to join the UK team at #INC5 in Busan over the weekend.
December 2, 2024 at 1:25 PM
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We must end plastic pollution. At #INC5 we have reached the moment of truth for a #PlasticsTreaty.

People are demanding this deal.

Including Myles Kariuki from 🇰🇪 who wrote to me and INC Chair Luis Vayas to say 'please help us'.

We cannot let Myles or others down: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
A thousand days of negotiation, a thousand plastic pollution-free years
Opening address of UNEP Executive Director, at the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) in Busan, Republic of Korea, to develop an international legally binding instrum...
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November 25, 2024 at 3:37 PM
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“Some plastics can take up to one thousand years to decompose. Even then, they break down into ever smaller particles that persist, pervade and pollute.”

At #INC5 opening, @ingerandersen.bsky.social called for urgent action to deliver a #PlasticsTreaty to end pollution: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
November 25, 2024 at 1:29 PM
As my first post on BlueSky I’m excited to say that the final negotiations have kicked off for a new #plasticstreaty in Busan. Hopefully a new treaty to end plastic pollution will be agreed by the end of this week #INC5 #OceanOptimism
November 25, 2024 at 6:26 AM
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Don’t miss the #INC5 talks in Busan, Republic of Korea, starting Monday.

Save the link and watch live as negotiators work toward a binding #PlasticsTreaty to end plastic pollution: www.unep.org/inc-plastic-...
November 22, 2024 at 1:02 PM