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Plastic Talks Held Hostage by Petrochemical Lobby

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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…

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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.

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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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