Posted on: 8 September 2025
Undergraduate history student, Amy Gaisford (pictured right), recently completed a work experience programme with us at the Global Plastics Policy Centre. Here, Amy tells us more about her eye-opening...
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Posted on: 16 August 2025
This did not need to be inevitable but I believe choices made at the highest levels in this process, both among members and the leadership, have made it so....
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Posted on: 14 August 2025
Many stakeholders believe that a weak treaty could be worse than no treaty at all, sucking the political life from future actions to meaningfully address plastic pollution in the...
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Posted on: 13 August 2025
In this guest blog, Benard Ogembo, environmental journalist and plastic waste campaigner, speaks with Benjamin Von Wong about the inspiration behind his eye-catching art installation on plastic pollution, recently...
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‘In spirit of compromise and consensus and understanding that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed, we agree to drop our proposal’. These words met with warm applause in...
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Posted on: 11 August 2025
‘A lot of effort has been made this week but progress has not been sufficient. Despite 2.5 years of opportunity for delegations to make proposals and ample opportunity for...
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Posted on: 8 August 2025
‘It seems like we have reached a new level of procedural purgatory’. This was the opinion of one member at 8pm on the second day of deliberations in Contact...
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Posted on: 6 August 2025
Geneva is the birthplace of modern multilateralism. It is perhaps unsurprising therefore that the future of multilateralism was on the mind of Ambassador Luis Vayas as he called the...
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Posted on: 4 August 2025
UN negotiations resume this week in Geneva in what may be the final chance to agree a global plastics treaty. Previous rounds have been marked by deep divisions and...
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Posted on: 3 December 2024
INC-5 was suspended in the early hours of Monday morning, without a treaty text being agreed. It would be easy to conclude that the week had been a failure;...
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Posted on: 28 November 2024
Delegates arrived at Busan Exhibition & Convention Center (BEXCO) on Thursday morning to the news that the Chair has taken control of the process. No longer willing to sit...
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After three days of negotiations, where the sense of déjà vu has sometimes been overwhelming, convergence has been in short supply, and significant work is needed to deliver an...
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Posted on: 27 November 2024
Day 1 of the final round of plastic treaty negotiations saw old rivalries coming to the fore, with countries impatient for progress towards a high-ambition treaty and the like-minded...
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Posted on: 25 November 2024
Today, talks resume in the UN negotiations to forge the first global treaty on plastics. Sam Winton is there to report on every stage of what promises to be...
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Posted on: 15 May 2024
With only seven days of official negotiations remaining to develop a Global Plastics Treaty by the end of 2024, both member states and observer delegations are concerned about whether...
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Posted on: 1 May 2024
The fourth round of UN global plastics treaty negotiations reach a disappointing end. While some progress was made, the chance of delivering an ambitious treaty by the end of...
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Posted on: 29 April 2024
With the end of INC-4 in sight, progress is slowed by delaying tactics to avoid discussing upstream measures and caps on plastic production.
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Posted on: 28 April 2024
Fatigue is setting in at the fourth round of the UN plastic treaty talks as detailed discussions on the treaty provisions stretch late into the night. Japan even plays...
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Posted on: 26 April 2024
Sam Winton reflects on days two and three of INC-4 talks where delegates have clashed over the merits of mandatory vs voluntary extended producer responsibility.
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Posted on: 24 April 2024
The opposing views of the high ambition coalition and lower ambition countries dominate the start of proceedings, but there are promising signs of progress. Sam Winton reflects on the...
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Posted on: 23 April 2024
As negotiations to agree a legally binding treaty on plastic pollution resume, Sam Winton returns to provide on-the-spot insights from INC-4.
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Posted on: 16 December 2023
Waste pickers from Kenya delivered a powerful and unique message to policymakers at the beginning of the third round of plastics treaty negotiations in Nairobi, inviting delegates and observers...
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Posted on: 8 December 2023
The Treaty negotiations at INC-3 were brimming with the “Nairobi Spirit'' of collaboration, compromise, and commitment. However, early progress was dampened during the closing weekend when the delegates left...
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Posted on: 20 November 2023
Intersessional work is blocked in a disappointing end to INC-3 negotiations for a global plastics treaty.
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Posted on: 19 November 2023
On the final day of contact groups, time is running out for compiling amendments to the zero draft and a vote to allow vital intersessional work to pave the...
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Posted on: 18 November 2023
Day 5 of the INC-3 talks in Nairobi to build the first global plastic treaty saw momentum lost to delays and procedural difficulties due to the sheer volume of...
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Posted on: 17 November 2023
The INC-3 UN Plastics treaty negotiations in Nairobi are reaching a critical point, with majority consensus on many key issues and opposition from small but implacable groups of delegates...
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Posted on: 16 November 2023
On Day 3 of INC-3, delegates divided into contact groups to discuss key elements of a global plastics treaty. While there are areas of consensus, significant divergence persists on...
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Posted on: 15 November 2023
In depth discussions began on the second day of INC-3, including on the critical question of how the implementation of the plastics treaty will be funded. Sam Winton offers...
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Posted on: 14 November 2023
With areas of consensus and contention already emerging, Sam Winton summarises the key developments in the first day of INC-3 negotiations in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Posted on: 13 November 2023
Researcher Sam Winton comments on the opening weekend and preparatory meeting of INC-3 in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Posted on: 10 November 2023
Researcher Sam Winton provides an insider’s view of the negotiations as INC-3 progresses in Nairobi, Kenya.
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We’ve collated some of the perspectives and statements on the Zero Draft from various stakeholder groups.
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Posted on: 10 July 2023
The 2nd session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-2) in Paris from 29 May to 2 June, 2023 comprised five days filled with late nights and colourful displays of...
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Posted on: 14 February 2023
The world has witnessed the consequences of the global plastic pollution crisis for decades and their disproportionate effects on the world’s most vulnerable people and ecosystems. The irrefutable evidence...
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Posted on: 10 January 2023
As 2023 kicks off, our team at the Global Plastics Policy Centre has had time to reflect on the atmosphere, challenges and outcomes of the first session of the...
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Posted on: 18 July 2022
An invaluable new resource to help tackle plastic pollution on land and in the ocean is going live today. The Global Plastics Policy Centre (GPPC) online platform is the latest...
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Posted on: 30 June 2022
A global gathering of plastic experts is taking place in Portsmouth next summer Hosted by Revolution Plastics at the University of Portsmouth, PlasticsFuture 2023 hopes to find innovative solutions to the global...
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Posted on: 28 June 2022
A globally coordinated approach is vital to end plastic pollution. A globally coordinated approach is vital to end plastic pollution. That’s the message made by Professor Steve Fletcher, Director of...
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