The 4th World Environmental Law Congress, organised by the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL), was successfully held from 4-7 May 2025 in Rabat, Morocco, bringing together over 200 in-person participants and more than 1000 participants online. This marked the first time the event…

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.

To address the threat that plastic poses to our ocean, climate, economies, and health, IUCN and the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law have prepared a series of 10 briefings for negotiators to assist them in the upcoming Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution in…