Egypt’s Minister of Environment Stresses Urgent Need to Address Plastic Pollution

Minister of Local Development and Acting Minister of Environment, Manal Awad, reviewed a report on the outcomes of the participation of the Egyptian delegation in the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-5.2).

The session was held from August 5 to 15, 2025, at Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, with the attendance of more than 2,600 representatives…