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    G20 achieves vision: reducing marine plastic waste to zero by 2050

    • Last Update: 2022-08-17
    • Source: Internet
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    According to foreign media reports, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said at a press conference held after the G20 summit that the G20 member countries agreed with the "Blue Ocean Vision" plan, with the goal of 2050, and will strive to reduce marine plastic waste to ze.


    Abe said: "The G20 countries, which account for 80% of the world economy, bear a huge responsibility, and it is difficult for a few countries to solve global environmental problems, and the whole world should join in the process of solving these proble.


    According to reports, at least 9 million tons of plastic waste flows into the ocean every year, causing serious impacts on marine life and the global environme.


    In mid-June, at the G20 Energy and Environment Ministers Meeting held in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, although countries reached an agreement to voluntarily reduce plastic waste and set up a new international framework, because there is no clear reduction target, how to ensure the reduction of plastic waste? Actual effectiveness is the questi.


    In the Osaka Declaration adopted after the G20 summit, all countries agreed on the "Blue Ocean Vision" to zero plastic waste into the ocean by 205

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