Global Plastics Treaty talks to resume in 2025 after INC-5 ends in deadlock
"A Treaty that doesn’t protect us fully, that doesn’t cap plastic production, is not a Treaty worth having.”
Oil states and high-ambition countries couldn’t agree on the content of the Global Plastics Treaty at a meeting in South Korea last week, extending negotiations into 2025.
What was meant to be the final meeting to adopt a legally-binding treaty to end plastic pollution ended in disappointment in Busan on Sunday (December 1), after petrochemical interests blocked progress around production caps, chemicals of concern and financial mechanisms.
