Canada is committed to ending plastic pollution, starting with the launch of the Ocean Plastics Charter during the 2018 G7 Presidency, and followed by ambitious domestic actions driven by Canada's zero plastic waste agenda.
At the conclusion of the second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-2) on Plastic Pollution meeting in Paris, France, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced that Canada looks forward to bringing the world together for the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) on Plastic Pollution in Ottawa in April 2024.
The Government of Canada is committed to playing a constructive role in finding a global consensus as we collectively face a triple crisis: climate change, biodiversity collapse, and plastic pollution. In the last year, Canada helped broker the Kunming-Montréal Global Biodiversity Framework, as host to the 15th United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15). The Framework adopted by all parties calls for the reduction of pollution risks and negative impacts from all sources by 2030 to levels that are not harmful to biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services, while specifically reducing and working toward the elimination of plastic pollution. By hosting INC-4, Canada looks forward to playing an integral role in fostering international consensus toward achieving an end to plastic pollution by 2040.
