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Rwanda Leads Global Initiative to End Plastic Pollution

Rwanda is advocating a ‘global multilateral fund’ that will finance efforts by countries to end plastic pollution by 2040, The New Times, Rwanda’s leading daily newspaper, reported on Sunday, Dec. 11. The proposed fund is part of a global treaty initiated by Rwanda, and later supported by Peru before it was passed as a resolution at the United Nations Environment Assembly held in Nairobi, in March. The process to draft and negotiate the treaty will take two years. The aim is to eliminate plastic waste upstream during production and 5 Proposal seeks to develop global treaty to end downstream during waste management.plastic pollution On Dec. 8, on the sidelines of the World Circular Economy forum in Kigali, Rwanda and Norway are holding a “High Ambition Coalition to end plastic pollution” event to share information about the way forward to end plastic pollution by 2040.

Rwanda banned plastic bags in 2008 and single use plastics in 2019.

Rwanda and Norway are co-chairs of the High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution which was launched in August, 2022.

Over 50 countries have so far joined the coalition.

Director General of Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) Juliet Kabera, who is also Rwanda’s representative on the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, said that the proposed treaty could stop the fragmented approach on the management of plastics.

“We all have national laws, regulations [and] actions around the circular economy on the management of waste, but we still have leakage and scientific publications that show us that in the near future we are going to have more plastics in the ocean than the fish we have there,” Kabera said. “That is why we took an initiative to have a treaty that stops fragmented approaches on the management of plastic.”

The director general added that preventing further leakage in the environment needs a lifecycle approach.

Plastic consumption is projected to skyrocket in the coming decades, from 460 million tons in 2019 to 1,231 million tons in 2060.

The most significant sectors driving consumption are packaging, vehicles and construction, which will make up twothirds of all use.

More than 140 million tons of plastic waste has already accumulated in rivers, lakes and oceans over the last 70 years.

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Jamaican Education Minister Seeks Inclusion for Children with Disabilities

Jamaica’s Ministry of Education and Youth is committed to ensuring greater inclusion of children with disabilities, says portfolio Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams.

Williams, who was addressing a virtual forum on Thursday, Dec. 8, on the topic “Embracing the Disabilities Act Towards Inclusion,” said that no child should be denied registration in school because of a disability.

She said that the Special Education Unit continues to look at ways to ensure that students with disabilities are not left behind.

She noted that there are more than 424 trained special education teachers employed to support students.

“We’re also seeing to the enhancement of the way teachers and support personnel are trained and assigned to the special needs community,” she pointed out.

She said that through the Jamaica Teaching Council Bill, the Ministry will aim to ensure that “all teachers are exposed to some amount of special education training [to] create an environment of greater understanding [of students] with disabilities.”

Chairman of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), Colin Ebanks, said that the organization remains committed to working with the Ministry to ensure that persons with disabilities are included in all areas of the education system.

“We know the Ministry is fully on board in embracing the Disabilities Act. So, we are sure that all measures will be put in place to guarantee that the necessary support required by the person with disability will be provided to ensure that their education is effectively facilitated in the least restrictive environment,” he said.\

The Special Education Unit offers screening services for any child who is thought to suffer from a disability and provides support for children with physical, medical, intellectual or learning disabilities, at no cost to the public. WI