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The fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) in Busan, South Korea, concluded without achieving its goal of finalising a binding global treaty to tackle plastic pollution.<\/p>\n
Despite intense negotiations, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Member States were forced to announce a follow-up session, INC 5.2, to continue deliberations.<\/p>\n
While this extension offers a chance for a more robust agreement, there is scepticism about whether it will break the deadlock. The Chair\u2019s draft text, which retains a focus on reducing plastic production, has been criticised for concessions made to petrochemical-aligned states.<\/p>\n
Critics argue that these compromises threaten to undermine the collective ambitions of the majority of Member States.<\/p>\n
\u201cA bad process does not lead to a good outcome,\u201d remarked Magdalena Donoso, Regional Coordinator of GAIA Latin America and the Caribbean.<\/p>\n
\u201cTime and time again, UNEP\u2019s actions have shown their intentions: to silence the voices of civil society while bending over backwards to try to please the few countries who have no real interest in ending plastic pollution.\u201d<\/p>\n
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