Developing a Fast Action Fund to End Plastic Pollution Negotiations to develop a Global Plastics Treaty are at a crossroads. The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) will convene in mid-2025 to attempt to consummate an agreement against the backdrop of an ever-worsening plastic pollution crisis. Key outstanding issues in negotiations are the inclusion of upstream and […]
As negotiators consider the financial aspects of the Global Plastics Treaty, consensus exists on the need for a financial mechanism to support the implementation of the future instrument.
Lobbyists in the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations. The world is facing a triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution.
This study aims to model scenarios for how the global economy might respond to the proposed “40x40” target in the context of negotiations for a new International Legally Binding Instrument (ILBI) to end plastic pollution.
As the plastics pollution crisis continues to grow by the day, so does the case for a global plastics treaty that tackles the issue head-on and seeks to reduce the production of virgin plastics.
This report from the Environmental Investigation Agency and OceanCare highlights major concerns around quick-fix technological solutions to cleaning up plastics in our oceans, ranging from their impact on the environment to the distraction from genuine policy solutions. The report provides recommendations to policymakers negotiating the new global plastics treaty for how to ensure that clean-up are conducted in a way that puts people and planet first. First and foremost the report highlights that we cannot do the clean-up without stopping the source.