Global Plastic Negotiations

In March 2022, the world had come together to agree on a groundbreaking UNEA resolution -- 5/14 to “End Plastic Pollution”. The resolution gave rise to the possibility of framing a global set of rules governing all the countries to deal with plastic pollution, and mandated the creation of an Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) to arrive at a legally binding instrument. After four rounds of negotiations in Punte Del Este, Paris, Nairobi and Ottawa, the world is now heading to the fifth and the final round of negotiations in Busan, South Korea, between November 25 and December 2, 2024.

The INC member states and parties have engaged in an intricate negotiation process based on the revised zero draft presented during the fourth round of the negotiations (INC4) in April 2024. The negotiations have reflected complex geopolitical factors at work, with nations producing fossil fuels, natural gas, petrochemicals and plastics casting doubts on the strength of the legally binding instrument.

For more details, please contact:

Siddharth G Singh
siddharth.singh@cseindia.org
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