UN politics won’t deliver an ambitious plastics treaty

2025/10/02 by Peter Dauvergne, Jen Iris Allan · 1 voice
Environmental Science · #Microplastics and Plastic Pollution

paper · doi:10.1126/science.aec1353

openalex publication_date 2025/10/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31

Abstract

Negotiators again failed to finalize the text for a global plastics treaty in Geneva in August 2025. The talks exposed two harsh truths. Consensus on the treaty text, where no state formally objects, cannot be reached. And securing a high-ambition treaty is going to require launching a new process outside the United Nations (UN) framework.

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• "A coalition of willing states can, and should, quickly launch an alternative negotiating process for the global plastics treaty" UN politics won’t deliver an ambitious plastics treaty Dauvergne+ doi [bsky, 2 points, 0 comments]

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