INC RESOURCES

Ahead of and during each INC, the team at WWF prepares a number of resources, briefs and reports related to the negotiation meetings. We hope you find them useful in your work with the global treaty to end plastic pollution. 

WWF's RESPONSE TO THE NON-PAPER

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, finds the document lacking in core measures that would make the resulting treaty fit for purpose. 
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WWF's EXTENDED BRIEF FOR INC-5: TIME TO MAKE HISTORY

This brief provides detailed recommendations for INC-5, including specific text formulations for the four key measures that states must secure at INC-5: Global bans and phase-outs, product design requirements, sufficient financing for systems change and mechanisms to strengthen measures over time. 

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WWF's MUST HAVES PAPER

To ensure that world leaders deliver the treaty that people and nature need, WWF has identified four Must Haves that - as a starting point - states must secure at INC-5.

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WWF BRIEF – INPUT TO WORK OF EG1

This brief outlines WWF’s inputs to the work of EG1. It contains input on the scale and complexity of the challenge, funding and finance sources, input on aligning financial flows and on financial mechanisms.
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WWF BRIEF – INPUT TO WORK OF EG2

This brief outlines WWF’s inputs to the work of EG2. It contains input on global, binding criteria-based approaches, specific input on problematic and avoidable plastic product, chemicals of concern in plastic products and product design requirements, as well as inter-relations of draft provisions.
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WWF BRIEF - GLOBAL BANS ON PLASTIC PRODUCTS

A policy brief on which criteria could guide the prohibitions of products in the new treaty, based on WWF research and the two-step framework on “pollution risk” and “elimination feasibility”.
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WWF REPORT - UNPACKING REUSE IN THE PLASTIC POLLUTION TREATY

A WWF report highlighting the five most promising product groups for reuse and gives guidance on how reuse can effectively be integrated into the treaty, unfolding its full potential in ending plastic pollution.
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DELOITTE REPORT - DESIGN FOR CIRCULARITY                                          

Commissioned by WWF-Norway, this report by Deloitte summarizes technical considerations for product design in the international treaty on plastic pollution. It is based on a literature review of legislation and industry standards, aligning with the structure of the treaty's zero draft.
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WWF HIGH LEVEL BRIEF FOR INC-4 - TIME TO SPEED UP PRIORITIES

This brief outlines WWF’s recommendations towards an ambitious, effective and just treaty to end plastic pollution. WWF calls on states to prioritise the most important binding rules on the most polluting plastics, and firmly reject bad-faith obstructions in the two remaining meetings of the INC.
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WWF EXTENDED BRIEF FOR INC-4 - TIME TO SPEED UP PRIORITIES

This brief outlines WWF's recommendations for INC-4, covering priorities such as elimination and reduction, non-toxic circular economy, waste management, and implementation measures. It also includes WWF's recommendations on the revised draft text of the treaty.
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WWF BRIEF - GLOBAL BANS ON PLASTIC PRODUCTS

A policy brief on which criteria could guide the prohibitions of products in the new treaty, based on WWF research and the two-step framework on “pollution risk” and “elimination feasibility”.
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WWF REPORT - UNPACKING REUSE IN THE PLASTIC POLLUTION TREATY

A WWF report highlighting the five most promising product groups for reuse and gives guidance on how reuse can effectively be integrated into the treaty, unfolding its full potential in ending plastic pollution.
ENGLISH | SUMMARY

DELOITTE REPORT - DESIGN FOR CIRCULARITY

Commissioned by WWF-Norway, this report by Deloitte summarizes technical considerations for product design in the international treaty on plastic pollution. It is based on a literature review of legislation and industry standards, aligning with the structure of the treaty's zero draft.
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CASE STUDIES FROM ASIA: CITY LEVEL LEARNINGS FOR THE GLOBAL PLASTIC POLLUTION TREATY

Completed in collaboration with Accenture, this new report lays out 17 city-level interventions across Asia to provide negotiators with policy recommendations derived from city-level interventions, particularly global bans and requirements to achieve circular design.
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WWF BRIEF FOR INC-3 - TIME TO RAISE AMBITION

This brief seeks to give a short summary on WWF's key asks for the outcomes needed at INC-3, and for the discussions of the global rules needed to end plastic pollution.

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WWF'S EXTENDED TECHNICAL PAPER FOR INC-3

This policy brief is a longer technical paper where negotiators and others can find WWF's recommendations on core control measures on elimination, reduction, non-toxic circulation and safe waste management, as well as means of implementation needed in the instrument. The technical papers also includes specific recommendations on the zero draft of the new treaty.  

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QUICK GUIDE TO INC-2

In order to prepare for INC-2, WWF has created a guide to help navigate through the INC meetings. We hope you will use this guide in your preparations leading up to the meeting and further in the negotiation process.

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WWF's HIGH-LEVEL BRIEF - TIME TO BE SPECIFIC

It is high time that states prioritised the negotiation of binding global measures and what exactly states must urgently do to end plastic pollution. WWF’s high-level brief outlines the essentials for success at INC-2.

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WWF's TECHNICAL PAPER - TIME TO BE SPECIFIC

WWF's INC-2 technical paper details the specific measures that negotiators should focus on at INC-2.

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QUICK GUIDE TO INC-1

In order to prepare for INC-1, WWF has created a short guide to help navigate through the INC meetings. We hope you will use this guide in your preparations leading up to the meeting and further in the negotiation process.

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WWF'S POLICY BRIEF - TIME TO BE BOLD

WWF's policy brief provides recommendations for INC-1 negotiators to plan for a treaty with global rules, targeted measures and common priorities to end plastic pollution.  

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