{"id":16303,"date":"2025-08-16T22:05:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T22:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=16303"},"modified":"2025-08-16T22:05:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T22:05:48","slug":"un-plastics-treaty-talks-once-again-end-in-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=16303","title":{"rendered":"UN Plastics Treaty Talks Once Again End in Failure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Despite Friday\u2019s outcome, the plastics treaty does not yet appear to be dead. Virtually all countries expressed an interest in continued negotiations\u2014the European Union delegate Jessika Roswall said she would not accept \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/speech_25_1965\" target=\"_blank\">a stillborn treaty<\/a>\u201d\u2014and many used their mic time during the closing plenary to remind others of what\u2019s at stake.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-fkZDUs kHRAYC asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-eEeytc eRSvCP asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-zEXFr hdztbW responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cIfZLr fHIkTW asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-cGZhnX jwYQWO AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cIfZLr fHIkTW asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image may contain Charles A. 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The norm around \u201cconsensus-based decisionmaking means the threat of a vote can\u2019t be used to nudge obstinate countries away from their red lines; unless decisionmaking by a majority vote is introduced, then this dynamic is unlikely to change. \u201cThis meeting proved that consensus is dead,\u201d said Bjorn Beeler, executive director of the International Pollutants Elimination Network, a coalition of health and environmental organizations. \u201cThe problem is not going away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Other nonprofits and advocacy groups staged several silent protests during the Geneva talks raising this same point, displaying signs reading, \u201cConsensus kills ambition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Senimili Nakora, one of Fiji\u2019s delegates, said during the closing plenary that \u201cconsensus is worth seeking if it moves us forward, not if it stalls the process.\u201d Switzerland\u2019s negotiator, Felix Wertli, said that \u201cthis process needs a timeout,\u201d and that \u201canother similar meeting may not bring the breakthrough and ambition that is needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Other countries raised broader concerns about \u201cthe process\u201d by which negotiations had proceeded. Meetings had been \u201cnontransparent,\u201d \u201copaque,\u201d and \u201cambiguous,\u201d they said during the plenary, likely referring to unclear instructions they had received from the secretariat, the bureaucratic body that organizes the negotiations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Inger Andersen, the UN Environment Programme\u2019s executive director, told reporters on Friday that it at least had been helpful to hear countries more clearly articulate their red lines. \u201cEveryone has to understand that this work will not stop, because plastic pollution will not stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-fkZDUs kHRAYC asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-eEeytc eRSvCP asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-zEXFr hdztbW responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cIfZLr fHIkTW asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-cGZhnX jwYQWO AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cIfZLr fHIkTW asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image may contain People Person Clothing Footwear Shoe Adult Accessories Bag Handbag Glasses Formal Wear and Tie\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-eNxvmU cfBbTk responsive-image__image lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/689f7d2a4ae1379b1e8e4dd7\/master\/w_1600%2Cc_limit\/waiting-at-night.jpg\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/689f7d2a4ae1379b1e8e4dd7\/master\/w_120,c_limit\/waiting-at-night.jpg 120w, https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/689f7d2a4ae1379b1e8e4dd7\/master\/w_240,c_limit\/waiting-at-night.jpg 240w, https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/689f7d2a4ae1379b1e8e4dd7\/master\/w_320,c_limit\/waiting-at-night.jpg 320w, https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/689f7d2a4ae1379b1e8e4dd7\/master\/w_640,c_limit\/waiting-at-night.jpg 640w, https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/689f7d2a4ae1379b1e8e4dd7\/master\/w_960,c_limit\/waiting-at-night.jpg 960w, https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/689f7d2a4ae1379b1e8e4dd7\/master\/w_1280,c_limit\/waiting-at-night.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/689f7d2a4ae1379b1e8e4dd7\/master\/w_1600,c_limit\/waiting-at-night.jpg 1600w\" data-sizes=\"100vw\"\/><\/noscript><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"CaptionWrapper-jYrTxZ bkfwbX caption AssetEmbedCaption-fyuOdR eXMqGf asset-embed__caption\" data-testid=\"caption-wrapper\"><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gzmcOU BaseText-eqOrNE CaptionText-brNLzD deqABF imSbFE hMBSFK caption__text\"><\/p>\n<p>Observers sit outside the assembly hall at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, waiting into the early hours of the morning for plenary to start.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gzmcOU BaseText-eqOrNE CaptionCredit-eowWKH deqABF kpqIso kpuElq caption__credit\">Photograph: Joseph Winters \/ Grist<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paywall\">The plastics industry, which has opposed controlling plastic production and phasing out groups of hazardous chemicals, said it would continue to back a treaty that \u201ckeeps plastics in the economy and out of the environment.\u201d Marco Mensink, council secretary of the International Council of Chemical Associations, said in a statement: \u201cWhile not concluding a global agreement to end plastic pollution is a missed opportunity, we will continue to support efforts to reach an agreement that works for all nations and can be implemented effectively.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite Friday\u2019s outcome, the plastics treaty does not yet appear to be dead. Virtually all countries expressed an interest in continued negotiations\u2014the European Union delegate Jessika Roswall said she would not accept \u201ca stillborn treaty\u201d\u2014and many used their mic time during the closing plenary to remind others of what\u2019s at stake. Tuvalu\u2019s delegate, Pepetua Election [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":853,"featured_media":16304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[703],"tags":[893,1097,3136,3703,890,4052],"class_list":["post-16303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-climate-desk","tag-environment","tag-plastic","tag-pollution","tag-science","tag-united-nations"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UN Plastics Treaty Talks Once Again End in Failure | Unlock Informed Choices with Us<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Procedural hurdles yet again foil progress on a global agreement to end plastic pollution.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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