'Never any consensus': UN plastics conference fails to yield treaty
Oil-rich nations like Saudi Arabia strongly oppose efforts to reduce plastic production and use procedural tactics to delay negotiations.
INC-5 concludes without global agreement on plastics treaty
Countries negotiating the treaty have agreed to meet again in 2025, with issues of production caps, program funding and chemical phaseout lists continuing to serve as hurdles.
No agreement reached over a Global Plastics Treaty at INC-5
After a week of negotiations, INC-5 has come to a close with no agreement reached over a Global Plastics Treaty, and another session is now expected to take place in 2025 - an outcome many blame on 'low-ambition countries' stalling progress for their own ends.
Global Plastics Treaty – Is ‘No Deal’ the Worst Outcome?
Nations, businesses and sustainability advocates are upset over the INC-5 talks falling through — could this "no deal" actually lead to better outcomes?
INC-5: Ambitious countries are failing the planet by giving concessions to countries that will never join a global plastic pollution treaty
Contrary to their excuses, ambitious countries have the power and the pathways to forge a treaty to end the global plastic crisis. What we are severely lacking right now, however, is the determination of our leaders to do what is right and to fight for the treaty they promised the world two years ago.
UN Talks on Plastics Fall Short, End With No Global Treaty to Control Waste
Negotiations in South Korea for a global treaty on plastic waste stalemated over limits on plastic production and the elimination of harmful chemicals.
Negotiators fail to reach an agreement on a plastic pollution treaty. Talks to resume next year
Negotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution won’t reach an agreement in South Korea and are making plans to resume the talks next year. They are at an
Negotiators fail to reach agreement on plastic pollution treaty
Negotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution for a week in South Korea won’t reach an agreement and plan to resume the talks next year. They are at an impasse over whether the treaty should reduce the total plastic on Earth and put global,
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Latest INC-5 Chair text includes global bans on harmful plastics and chemicals, but more ambition needed
All countries must now heed the rallying call of the ambitious and step up.
Minister Guilbeault's statement on the conclusion of the Fifth Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-5)
The Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, issued the following statement at the conclusion of the Fifth Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution ...
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INC-5 Chair fast-tracks revised text amid frustrations over slow progress
Responding to mounting frustration over slow progress at INC-5 in Busan, Ambassador Luis Vayas Valdivieso is set to release a ...
World Wildlife Fund3d
WWF warns the INC-5 new draft text lacks concrete upstream measures for ending plastic pollution
WWF finds the new draft text proposed by the INC-5 Chair failing to meet basic requirements needed for a strong globally ...
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Plastic treaty stalemate
The world's relentless battle against plastic pollution faced a significant setback this week, as countries negotiating a global treaty failed to reach a consensus. The fifth session of the UN ...
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High-Stakes Talks at INC-5: The Urgent Push to Curb Plastic Production
International negotiators are in heated talks to establish a binding treaty to curb plastic pollution. Over 100 nations support a treaty capping plastic production, opposing oil-producing countries ...
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Businesses want ‘concrete outcomes’ over complete consensus at INC-5
The Business Coalition for a Global Plastics Treaty is pushing for an instrument that prioritizes the ambition of most INC-5 ...