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Civil society call out INC-5.2 Member States

Civil society organisations at INC-5.2 have come together to demand greater action as talks at an ongoing global plastic pollution summit, known as INC-5.2, teeter on the verge of failure.

WWF: Ambitious majority must translate their strength in numbers to forge a strong global plastics treaty, or risk a weak treaty through consensus

Next week, governments from around the world will meet in Geneva for the final global plastics treaty negotiations (INC-5.2). WWF urges the ambitious majority of countries to push for a strong, binding plastics treaty—or risk a weak deal shaped by lowest-common-denominator consensus

“wake up call” for an ambitious global plastic pollution treaty is welcome but it can only be realised by moving beyond consensus

At the third UN Ocean Conference, co-host France, issued a “wake up call” to rally countries in support of a legally binding global plastic pollution treaty intended to put an end to one of modern civilisation’s most enduring crises. Photo: Ivan Guilbert / Terra

UN plastic pollution summit fails to reach agreement despite majority supporting ambitious measures

WWF is disappointed that countries failed to reach an agreement despite a vast majority of governments demanding ambitious measures that science has shown can stop plastic pollution.

WWF commends call from over 80 countries to ban harmful plastic products and chemicals worldwide

Coming in the final hours of INC-5 for establishing a global plastic pollution treaty, the call comes at a crucial time as current treaty text shows little promise of establishing strong and binding measures that can give humanity a chance at ending the scourge of plastic pollution.

INC-5: The people have spoken, and they want a strong global plastic pollution treaty now

WWF, Greenpeace and Break Free from Plastic delivered almost 3 million signatures from over 180 countries demanding that governments make good on their promise to establish a legally binding global treaty that can put an end to plastic pollution.

Major gaps remain in new treaty text proposed by INC-5 Chair

A WWF policy brief analysing the third iteration of the “non-paper”, a document that will serve as the basis of negotiations at INC-5, the fifth and final round of negotiations for the world’s first treaty to end plastic pollution, finds the document lacking in core measures that would make the resulting treaty fit for purpose.

INC BULLETINS

During each Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee meeting, INC, the team at WWF create daily bulletins from the negotiaitons.

INC-5.2 – 4. - 15. August 2025 – Geneva, Switzerland

INC-5.1 – 25. November - 1. December 2024 – Busan, Republic of Korea