WWF | Tipping Point: How Coordinated Market Can Transform Global Plastic Value Chain
After four years of negotiations, the world is still waiting for a global treaty capable of ending plastic pollution. A large majority of countries have continued to support an effective treaty with binding measures across the full life cycle of plastics – but progress has been repeatedly deadlocked in efforts towards universal agreement. This report explores […]
2030 strategy – No Plastic in Nature Initiative: Driving Systems Change in the Global Fight Against Plastic Pollution
Despite growing global awareness, the plastic pollution crisis continues to escalate. More than 30,000 tonnes of plastic leak into our oceans every day, posing increasing threats to ecosystems, economies, and human health. The WWF No Plastic in Nature 2030 Strategy sets out a comprehensive blueprint to stop environmental plastic pollution by transforming the global plastics […]
WWF | A Global Treaty to End Plastic Pollution that People and Nature Need
As states prepare to gather at the fifth and final session of the intergovernmental negotiations on the global treaty to end plastic pollution (INC-5), plastic pollution continues to ravage our planet, destroying ecosystems and wildlife populations, fuelling climate change and infiltrating our bodies through the air we breathe and the food and water we consume. […]
SWITCH-Asia | Positions of All Countries on the Global Plastics Treaty for INC-3
Plastic pollution is a global challenge with adverse effects on the environment and human health. In late 2022, negotiations on a global treaty began aiming at addressing this challenge. The start of negotiations followed Resolution 5/14 of the United Nations Environment Assembly, which mandated member states to negotiate an international legally binding instrument to combat […]
Plastic Smart Cities Shares Lessons at PREVENT Waste Alliance INC-3 Networking Event in Nairobi, Kenya
In preparation for the INC-3, the third session of negotiations on an international treaty to end plastic pollution, a networking event in Nairobi, Kenya was held and attended by 120 country representatives and practitioners on 12 November 2023. The objective of the event, organized by the PREVENT Waste Alliance, was to discuss experiences around achieving […]