Renewed Negotiations in 2025
Last chance talks and attempts to overcome deadlock, demonstrations in Geneva, calls for a strong treaty, oil-states involvement, will it deliver on reductions targets.
- The global plastics treaty can be saved — here’s how to break the deadlock - Nature 03.02.26 508005
- “The Problem with Plastic”: Former EPA Official on How to Save the Planet Before It’s Too Late - DN! 08.12.25 501003
- Global plastics treaty talks collapse, and other nature and climate news - WEF 20.08.25 485822
- Fossil Fuel Producers Derail Global Agreement to Combat Plastic Waste - Mother Jones 16.08.25 484363
- Three reasons plastic pollution treaty talks ended in disagreement and deadlock (but not collapse) - Conversation 15.08.25 486753
- Plastics Treaty Talks End in 'Abject Failure' as US, Other Big Oil Allies Sabotage Progress - CD 15.08.25 484195
- Plastics treaty talks collapse without a deal after “chaotic” negotiations - Climate Homes News 15.08.25 485823
- Plastic Pollution Talks Collapse as Oil States Oppose Tough Treaty - NY Times 15.08.25 484190
- WCC news: Indigenous advocate calls for just transition in Geneva plastics talks - The Net 15.08.25 484187
- Global plastic talks collapse as countries remain deeply divided - BBC 15.08.25 484387
- Plastic pollution talks fail as negotiators in Geneva reject draft treaties - Guardian 15.08.25 484047
- Despite Wide Agreement on the Need to Address the Plastics Crisis, Oil States Derail Efforts for a Global Plastics Treaty - IPEN 15.08.25 484189
- The Global Plastics Treaty Negotiations, by Design, Result in Continued Harms to Indigenous Peoples, Waste Pickers and Trade Unions, Youth, and Affected Communities, but We H… 484188
- INC-5.2 Outcome: Plastics Treaty negotiations extended as majority of countries stand up for ambition, process undermined by corporate interests - FOEI 15.08.25 484362
- Countries urged to ‘hold the line’ in Geneva plastics treaty negotiations - Guardian 14.08.25 484194
- Macron urges adoption of UN plastics treaty to address 'public health emergency' - France24 14.08.25 484193
- UN plastics treaty talks in disarray after petrostates block progress - FT 14.08.25 483955
- Malaysia’s support of the global plastics treaty at INC5.2 - Greenpeace 14.08.25 483956
- Indigenous advocate calls for just transition in Geneva plastics talks - WCC 14.08.25 483957
- COP30 host Brazil drops support for plastic products ban in new global pact - Climate News 13.08.25 484839
- Latest global plastics treaty draft “a betrayal” that risks total failure - Environmental Justice Foundation 13.08.25 483854
- Talks stall on world’s first plastic pollution treaty one day before deadline - Guardian 13.08.25 483908
- How a global plastic treaty could cut down pollution – if the world can agree one - Conversation 13.08.25 483845
- We’re witnessing last-ditch talks to secure a global plastic pollution treaty - Conversation 13.08.25 483844
- Deadlock in UN plastics talks raises fears of watered-down deal - Climate Home News 11.08.25 483736
- Campaigners Confront Plastics Treaty Delegates, Demanding Deal That Stops Pollution 'At Its Source' - CD 09.08.25 483531
- Civil society call out INC-5.2 Member States: Fix the process, keep your promise, end plastic pollution - WWF 09.08.25 483519
- Business Coalition for a Global Plastics Treaty - Update from INC 5.2, 08.08.25 483771
- The UN Plastics Treaty Must Confront Fossil Fuel Power - CommonDreams 08.08.25 483534
- Greenpeace Calls for Oil Giants' Ejection From Global Plastics Summit - CD 07.08.25 483533
- Can a Treaty Stop the Ocean from Drowning in Plastic? - Sea Shepherd 07.08.25 483523
- Plastic credits: A ‘false solution’ or the answer to global plastic waste? - Al Jazeera 07.08.25 483334
- From Thinking to Action in the Fight Against Plastics - DN 07.08.25 483454
- The urgent need to halt plastic pollution - Le Monde 06.08.25 483335
- Delegates from 100 countries meet for last-chance talks to reduce plastic pollution - Euronews 06.08.25 483333
- Plastics and human health: what’s at stake in the global treaty talks in Geneva - Conversation 05.08.25 483843
- UN plastic pollution talks must result in ambitious treaty, leading expert says - Guardian 05.08.25 483015
- Countries gather to thrash out deal on 'plastic crisis' - BBC 05.08.25 483518
- UN Plastics Treaty negotiations start in Switzerland with a mountain to climb - FOEI 05.08.25 483532
- Strong Treaty Now! Civil Society Rallies Ahead of Final Plastics Treaty Talks in Geneva - Break Free From Plastic 05.08.25 483525
- For Plastics Treaty, End Pollution at its Source - HRW 04.08.25 484202
- The global plastics treaty must move forward, with or without the US - Climate Change News 04.08.25 483735
- Will World Leaders Deliver the Plastics Treaty We Need? - CommonDreams 04.08.25 483633
- Plastics Cause Over $1.5 Trillion in 'Health-Related Economic Losses' Per Year Globally - CD 04.08.25 483536
- Scientists issue warning on plastic pollution ahead of last-chance global negotiations - Le Monde 04.08.25 483524
- Plastic-clogged 'Thinker' sculpture highlights pollution crisis as UN treaty talks begin - France24 04.08.25 483017
- Will World Leaders Deliver the Plastics Treaty We Need? - CommonDreams 04.08.25 483535
- The final straw? Plastic pollution talks get underway in Geneva - UN 04.08.25 483014
- World in $1.5tn ‘plastics crisis’ hitting health from infancy to old age, report warns - Guardian 03.08.25 483646
- Plastics production 'a global threat' - Ecologist 31.07.25 484192
- INC-5.2: What to expect from the global plastics treaty talks - WEF 30.07.25 483520
- What to Expect as Talks on Plastic Pollution Near Finish Line at INC 5.2 - IISD 30.07.25 483521
- ‘Total infiltration’: How plastics industry swamped vital global treaty talks - Guardian 23.07.25 481172
- Ocean Summit Wake-Up Call on Plastics Treaty 'Only Matters If Countries Back It Up With Action' - CD 11.06.25 483537
- Global Plastics Treaty: 97 States endorsed the Nice wake up call - ecology.gouv.fr 10.06.25 (must read) 484191
- Key Players and Positions in the Global Plastic Treaty Negotiations - Earth 28.05.25 483522
- Legally binding reduction targets for primary plastics production: A necessity to end plastic pollution - One Earth 16.05.25 483632
- Deadlocked plastic treaty talks will lead to renewed negotiations in 2025 - Mongabay 10.12.24 444696