UN politics won't deliver an ambitious plastics treaty.
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Abstract
Negotiators again failed to finalize the text for a global plastics treaty in Geneva in August 2025. The talks exposed two harsh truths. Consensus on the treaty text, where no state formally objects, cannot be reached. And securing a high-ambition treaty is going to require launching a new process outside the United Nations (UN) framework.