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As Deadline Looms, Advocates Call Plastics Treaty Draft 'Nothing Short of a Betrayal'

"The process has been completely captured by swarms of fossil fuel lobbyists and shamefully weaponized by low-ambition countries," said the CEO of the Environmental Justice Foundation.

Campaigners demand that negotiators fix the Global Plastics Treaty process in Geneva, Switzerland

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Campaigners Confront Plastics Treaty Delegates, Demanding Deal That Stops Pollution 'At Its Source'

"With just days remaining, the dynamic must change," said Break Free From Plastic. "Countries must keep their commitment to end plastic pollution."

Sculpture for plastics treaty negotiations.

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The UN Plastics Treaty Must Confront Fossil Fuel Power

As delegates gather in Geneva, Switzerland for what is expected to be the final round of negotiations for a United Nations treaty to address the plastics crisis, the stakes could not be higher.

Greenpeace activists unfurl banners reading "Big Oil Polluting Inside" and "Plastics Treaty Not for Sale"

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Greenpeace Calls for Oil Giants' Ejection From Global Plastics Summit

"Corporate polluters that created this problem must not be allowed to stop the world from solving it," argued one Greenpeace campaigner.

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Will World Leaders Deliver the Plastics Treaty We Need?

We’re headed to Geneva with our hearts and minds set on a treaty that caps and controls plastic production, addresses the toxic chemicals used to make plastics, ensures supply chain transparency, and delivers the financial mechanisms needed to stop plastic pollution.

ministers calling for an ambitious treaty on plastics pollution

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Ocean Summit Wake-Up Call on Plastics Treaty 'Only Matters If Countries Back It Up With Action'

Civil society groups responded to the declaration by stressing that the statement must be a "floor, not a ceiling" going into the next round of global plastics treaty talks.

"The Ocean Needs Leaders—Not Excuses," says Greenpeace banner

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Who Will Defend Our Oceans—the Last Global Commons?

Now is the moment to make it clear that the deep ocean, recognized by the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea as the common heritage of humankind, cannot be seized by those with the deepest pockets or the best-connected lobbyists.

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As Deadline Looms, Advocates Call Plastics Treaty Draft 'Nothing Short of a Betrayal'

"The process has been completely captured by swarms of fossil fuel lobbyists and shamefully weaponized by low-ambition countries," said the CEO of the Environmental Justice Foundation.

Campaigners Confront Plastics Treaty Delegates, Demanding Deal That Stops Pollution 'At Its Source'

"With just days remaining, the dynamic must change," said Break Free From Plastic. "Countries must keep their commitment to end plastic pollution."

The UN Plastics Treaty Must Confront Fossil Fuel Power

As delegates gather in Geneva, Switzerland for what is expected to be the final round of negotiations for a United Nations treaty to address the plastics crisis, the stakes could not be higher.

Greenpeace Calls for Oil Giants' Ejection From Global Plastics Summit

"Corporate polluters that created this problem must not be allowed to stop the world from solving it," argued one Greenpeace campaigner.

Will World Leaders Deliver the Plastics Treaty We Need?

We’re headed to Geneva with our hearts and minds set on a treaty that caps and controls plastic production, addresses the toxic chemicals used to make plastics, ensures supply chain transparency, and delivers the financial mechanisms needed to stop plastic pollution.

Plastics Cause Over $1.5 Trillion in 'Health-Related Economic Losses' Per Year Globally

"Plastics are a grave, growing, and under-recognized danger to human and planetary health," says a new study published in The Lancet.

Ocean Summit Wake-Up Call on Plastics Treaty 'Only Matters If Countries Back It Up With Action'

Civil society groups responded to the declaration by stressing that the statement must be a "floor, not a ceiling" going into the next round of global plastics treaty talks.

Who Will Defend Our Oceans—the Last Global Commons?

Now is the moment to make it clear that the deep ocean, recognized by the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea as the common heritage of humankind, cannot be seized by those with the deepest pockets or the best-connected lobbyists.

'Ticking Time Bomb': Study Says Ocean Acidification Crossed Planetary Boundary

"We're gambling with both biodiversity and billions in economic value every day that action is delayed," said one expert.

A Dead World, Plastic-Wrapped to Preserve Freshness

If people who try to steer clear of plastics are still thoroughly enmeshed in them, what does that say for everyone else? And how worried should we all be?

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