Blog | 13 May, 2024
The global community recently gathered in Canada, where concerns over the triple planetary crisis and problematic plastics converged to advance science and policy for a future Plastics Treaty that should address the full life cycle of plastics.
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Fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on plastic pollution (INC-4)
The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-4), is scheduled to take place from 23 to 29 April 2024 at the Shaw Center in Ottawa, Canada. The session will…
Story | 27 Mar, 2024
A future plastics treaty needs a specific article on biodiversity: IUCN’s proposal
IUCN and the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL) presented at a webinar on 26 March 2024 at the Geneva Environment Network a proposal for a specific article on “Biodiversity Aspects” in the future Plastics Treaty, putting forward IUCN’s key expertise within a new global…
Policy brief | 2024
A global plastics treaty and biodiversity: converging or conflicting regimes?
In this brief, IUCN presents its proposal for a specific article on “Biodiversity Aspects” in the future Plastics Treaty.
Information brief | 2023
The "Zero Draft" text of the international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment is summarised here in English, French, and Portuguese.
Story | 18 Aug, 2023
New IUCN and IUCN WCEL Legal Briefings for Plastics Treaty Negotiators in three languages
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…
Information brief | 2023
INC-3 Negotiator Briefing 10 of 10 Free Trade Agreement Convergence and the Plastics Treaty
Briefing 10 of 10 covers Free Trade Agreement Convergence and the Plastic Pollution Treaty
Information brief | 2023
Briefing 9 of 10 covers Connections between IUCN’s Plastic Pollution Elimination Timeline and the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF)
Information brief | 2023
Briefing 8 of 10 covers the Connections between IUCN’s Plastic Pollution Elimination Timeline and the SDGs
Information brief | 2023
INC-3 Negotiator Briefing 7 of 10 Legal Process of Treaty Negotiations
Briefing 7 of 10 covers the Legal Process of Treaty Negotiations