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‘No treaty is better than a bad treaty’ – How plastics treaty negotiations broke down

At the close of the plastics treaty negotiations (INC-5.2), ambitious Member States held strong under immense pressure and a broken process and refused to...

Plastics treaty negotiations made achieving an inclusive just transition impossible – Groups

As the INC-5.2 Global Plastics Treaty negotiations came to an end in Geneva, Switzerland, on Friday, August 15, 2025, affected groups aligned for justice...

Plastics Treaty talks nearing collapse as nations remain deadlocked on production

Talks on the world’s first legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution are hanging in the balance with just two days left before the deadline and...

INC-5.2: World not on track to deliver plastic treaty, lament CSOs, urge negotiators to ‘fix the process’

Four days into the final Global Plastics Treaty negotiations in Geneva, civil society organisations (CSOs) are bothered that the world is not on track...

Global Plastic Treaty: SRADev urges African negotiators to focus on continental priorities at INC-5.2 

African negotiators at the ongoing fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in...

Inger Andersen: Securing a treaty to beat plastic pollution

Presentation by Inger Andersen, executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), at the INC-5.2 Opening Plenary in Geneva, Switzerland Almost three and a...

Global talks on legally binding plastic pollution treaty begin in Geneva

A decisive chapter in the global fight against plastic pollution began on Tuesday, August 5, 2025, in Geneva, Switzerland. Delegates from 184 countries convened for...

Civil society demands a strong treaty ahead of final plastics talks in Geneva

On the day the final round of negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty started, hundreds of citizens and civil society organisations from across the...

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Don, stakeholders call for stronger enforcement of environmental laws in Niger Delta

A lecturer at the University of Port Harcourt, Prof. Ibibia Worika, has called for stronger implementation of legal and...
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