India, April 17 -- Document calls for Just Transition framework; reconnecting with traditional values of Arctic indigenous peoples

The Arctic is a 'hemispheric sink' for chemicals & plastics accumulating in the region from local as well as global sources. These pose a grave risk for the 13 million inhabitants of the region, a new report has said ahead of negotiations for a Global Plastic Treaty that begin in Ottawa, Canada on April 23, 2024.

The Arctic's Plastic Crisis: Toxic Threats to Health, Human Rights, and Indigenous Lands from the Petrochemical Industry was launched by Alaska Community Action on Toxics (ACAT) and the International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN) on April 15.

It advocated for a Just Transition framework tha...