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UPDATE – INC 5.2: Plastic pollution talks fail to deliver global treaty, again

Published 11:52 on August 15, 2025 / Last updated at 16:49 on August 15, 2025 / / International (UN Nature & Biodiversity Talks), Nature & Biodiversity (Policy)

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Negotiations over a UN treaty to tackle plastic pollution collapsed early Friday morning in Switzerland after self-proclaimed high-ambition countries rejected a severely weakened treaty text, written hastily following days of delays and pressure from plastic-producing states.
Negotiations over a UN treaty to tackle plastic pollution collapsed early Friday morning in Switzerland after self-proclaimed high-ambition countries rejected a severely weakened treaty text, written hastily following days of delays and pressure from plastic-producing states.


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