South Korea, China, and Japan announced their commitment to intensify efforts toward finalizing negotiations for a legally binding international agreement on plastic pollution, as reported by Seoul’s environment ministry.
According to the Yonhap News Agency, this pledge followed a two-day ministerial meeting held on Korea’s southern resort island of Jeju, where officials from the three countries discussed enhancing trilateral collaboration on various environmental issues, including plastic pollution, climate change, and yellow dust.
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Minister Kim Wan-sup mentioned in a press briefing that the three nations had agreed to actively participate in the upcoming negotiations focused on reducing plastic pollution, which were scheduled for November in Busan, in order to achieve meaningful progress.
The fifth and concluding session of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) on plastic pollution is set to take place in Busan next month, focusing on the development of a binding international framework to address plastic pollution.
Additionally, the three countries agreed to strengthen cooperation in reducing yellow dust levels, particularly in collaboration with Mongolia.
Moreover, a recent report from the Renewable Energy Institute (REI) stated that Japan could boost the share of renewable energy in its electricity production to 80 percent by fiscal 2035 by expanding the use of storage batteries and enhancing regional power grid cooperation.
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