The fifth United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) meeting has come and gone without a legally binding global plastics treaty. Held in Busan, South Korea, from Nov. 25-Dec. 1, ...

At INC-5, governments can and must create the treaty people are demanding, one which decisively and definitely protects people and nature now and for generations to come.” Graham Forbes, Greenpeace ...

INC-5 Chair Luis Vayas Valdivieso brings down a gavel, made with recycled plastic bottle tops from the Dandora landfill in Nairobi, to mark an agreement that talks will resume at a later date ...

The INC-5 chair is expected to release his version of the treaty text today, which will form the basis for what will eventually be gabled through as the final treaty this Sunday when the talks are ...

Options have been floated for INC-5.2 to be held in May, or later in 2025. In the meantime, Fiji’s “disappointed and inspired” Michael is hopeful that nations will push on. “We trust the multilateral ...

Others to watch at INC-5 are Indigenous rights groups and waste pickers, who are impacted directly by plastic pollution and bring a human face to its effects. Will there be a deal in South Korea?

INC-5 Chair Luis Vayas Valdivieso brings down a gavel, made with recycled plastic bottle tops from the Dandora landfill in Nairobi, to mark an agreement that talks will resume at a later date ...