Overview

• Delegates from 184 countries failed to accept either of the chair-proposed draft texts at the Geneva session and adjourned without finalizing a treaty.
• Roughly 100 nations continue to press for binding limits on virgin plastic production, while oil-producing states and industry advocates insist the treaty focus on waste management.
• Consensus-only decision rules allowed a blocking minority to stall progress, prompting some delegates and campaigners to urge voting procedures or a smaller “treaty of the willing.”
• Negotiators remain deadlocked on key provisions for international controls on hazardous additives, equitable financing and technology transfer for developing countries.
• No date or venue has been set for the next INC-5.3 meeting, leaving the timeline for a legally binding global plastics treaty uncertain despite scientific support for a full-lifecycle approach.