Overview

• The UN’s sixth round of plastics treaty negotiations in Geneva ended without consensus after delegates rejected two draft texts prepared by chair Luis Vayas Valdivieso.
• A rift between the High Ambition Coalition pushing for binding limits on virgin plastic production and chemical controls and a bloc of oil-producing states favoring an end-of-life focus blocked any agreement.
• Valdivieso’s revised draft retained over 100 unresolved passages and failed to secure support from either major coalition.
• The consensus-based INC process enabled a minority to veto proposals, prompting calls from some delegates and civil society groups to introduce majority voting or other procedural reforms.
• No date, venue or format for the next negotiating session has been set following the collapse of talks.