Plastic Talks Held Hostage by Petrochemical Lobby
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Plastic Talks Held Hostage by Petrochemical Lobby
Greenpeace protest at the recent Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC 5.2) on plastic pollution held in Geneva. Credit: Ravleen Kaur/IPSBy Ravleen KaurGENEVA, Aug 21 2025 (IPS) On August 7, a tar-like slurry glistened on the roads leading up to the gate of the Palais Des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. For fear of sticky substances sticking to tires, no vehicles were allowed to go inside for a while, forcing officials arriving from diffe…
On Friday, August 15, a large intergovernmental meeting of the United Nations ended in Geneva, in which a total of 184 countries participated, with the aim of finally adopting the first binding international document that should limit plastic pollution on a global level.
From Plastics to Climate: Why Global Crises Need Global Action
After twelve long days in Geneva, the latest round of talks on a global plastics treaty (INC-5.2) concluded with frustration. Plastic pollution is a major global threat, impacting both the environment and human health, and the treaty aimed to stop the 10 million tonnes of plastic waste flowing into the Earth’s oceans each year. Despite nearly two weeks of work, governments failed to agree on a path forward, leading some to call the talks a failu…
Plastic Pollution: Canadian leadership critical as global treaty falters - The Environment Journal
By Anthony Merante After more than 24 hours of overnight negotiations, the fifth and final session of the United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2) ended last week in Geneva—without a global plastics treaty, leaving the world without a clear path forward. The failure to reach an agreement has raised questions about the state of multilateralism, as countries were unable to come together, compromise or cooperate. A small gro…
Two years after the Global Plastic Treaty talks, ministers and negotiators had not reached an agreement in Geneva, and had faced a historic choice over the last hours of what was supposed to be the final round of negotiations: either to move at the pace imposed by the gravity of the crisis, by agreeing on a strong treaty that would address plastic pollution from its source, or to fail to confront this...
Dr. Shabana Safdar Khan The recent meeting in Geneva, which was attended by 183 countries of the world, once again ended without any meaningful global agreement. The differences on the global plastics agreement were so deep that on the one hand some countries were demanding restrictions on plastic production, while on the other hand some states considered recycling and waste management alone to be sufficient. As a result, the world still does no…
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