Global Plastics Treaty INC-5.2 Talks Collapse Without Agreement

Global Plastics Treaty INC-5.2: Talks Collapse Without Agreement

The second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2), convened from August 5 to 15, 2025 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, represented what many falsely hoped would be the final push toward a legally binding global plastics treaty to curb plastic pollution from production to disposal.   Before the…