As the world works toward an international, legally binding instrument on plastics, IUCN and GRID-Arendal, through generous Norad support, are helping empower five African nations´ negotiations for a strong global treaty.

The fifth resumed session of the intergovernmental negotiating committee on an international, legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-5.2), concluded on 15 August without…

Plastic pollution, biodiversity loss, and human health are interconnected issues that require coordinated responses across multiple international environmental agreements, including the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm (BRS) Conventions and the future Plastics Treaty, but have also to be aligned…

The second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-5.2), is scheduled to take place from 5 to 14 August 2025 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva…

The 2025 Meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions (2025 BRS COPs) are taking place from 28 April to 9 May 2025 in Geneva under…

After INC-5, the content from three Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee Chair’s Non-Papers warranted side-by side comparisons. This in-depth analysis by IUCN WCEL brings together the key points of these three papers as the world plans for INC 5.2. The comparison is available in English,…

As the world develops an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (a global plastics treaty), work between formal negotiating sessions is ongoing.

This is Legal Brief 4: IUCN WCEL legal brief INC Intersessional Expert Group 2 Criteria and Non-Criteria Approaches

This is Legal Brief 3: IUCN WCEL legal brief for the INC Intersessional Expert Group 2 Questionnaire Summary with an Executive Summary

This is Legal Brief 2: IUCN WCEL legal brief INC Intersessional Expert Group 1 Financing