UNILEVER "We see a global phase-out list for plastic products and chemicals of concern as the cornerstone of an effective treaty alongside mandatory product design criteria, & measures to bring virgin plastic production and use to sustainable levels

#PlasticsTreaty

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EU open to compromise as UN inches towards global plastics treaty - Euractiv “It is clear that, to reach an agreement in Geneva, we will need some degree of flexibility,” a Commission spokesperson told Euractiv.

EU🇪🇺 open to compromise as UN inches towards global #plasticstreaty

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Plastics treaty must address production - Foreign Policy We cannot recycle our way out of the plastic pollution crisis

#Plasticstreaty must address production
according to Ministers from 🇨🇴🇵🇦🇫🇲🇫🇷🇲🇻🇫🇯

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🔥 ⚖️ 🌐HAPPENING NOW: Historic #ClimateJustice Ruling being delivered by the 🇺🇳 🧑‍⚖️ International Court of Justice.
🚨This ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability
📝 🧵 Live thread below with context, summary & analysis 👇
#ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo

#PlasticsTreaty

Executive Briefing on Plastic Pollution INC-5.2 YouTube video by Geneva Environment Network

#PlasticsTreaty briefing for delegates in Geneva:
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Dear govt, you can’t burn your way out of a plastic crisis | Chennai News - The Times of India Tamil Nadu’s 2025-26 budget proposes waste-to-energy plants and a clean-up drive while simultaneously encouraging industries that will increase pollut

India and the #PlasticsTreaty

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Study finds every tested plastic toy contains chemicals linked to cancer and reproductive disorders New research exposes cocktail of harmful substances in dolls, bath toys and popular Spiderman suits

Study finds every tested plastic toy contains chemicals linked to cancer and reproductive disorders

#PlasticsTreaty

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⛏️ Call for a Treaty on #CriticalMinerals "Colombia we call on Member States to support a mandate at #UNEA7 to move towards a global instrument to address the crisis arising from the extraction of critical minerals."

📜the world must commit to a new Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty @fossiltreaty.bsky.social , which will ensure an orderly and fair exit from the fossil economy."

🛢️ extractivism continues to advance on our lands. Mining, fossil fuel exploitation, deforestation, megaprojects and highly polluting industries such as petrochemicals are a threat to our existence.

we trust that the negotiations of the #PlasticsTreaty will come to a conclusion, with necessary tools to guarantee the rights of #IndigenousPeoples, that stop the expansion of the petrochemical and plastics industry, that production will be reduced, and that chemicals of concern will be controlled

🇨🇴 BREAKING: Minister of Environment of Colombia Lena Estrada calls for a Global Agreement on #CriticalMinerals during her Opening Speech at #UNPFII2025

In 1 hour the bureau of the INC #PlasticsTreaty will hold its monthly meeting

here the agenda:
a. Logistical update
b. draft roadmap towards INC-5.2.
c. preparations for the Bureau retreat.
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More than 25 consumer brands use packaging linked to Texas fracking: report Single-use plastic packaging continues to drive fossil fuel extraction, despite brands’ promises to cut back, according to climate group Stand.earth.

More than 25 consumer brands use packaging linked to Texas fracking: report

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Regional Consultations ahead INC 5.2 #PlasticsTreaty
Regional Consultation of GRULAC: 3 to 5 June 2025, Panama City, 🇵🇦

Regional Consultation of the group of Asia Pacific States 9 to 11 June 2025 | Bangkok, 🇹🇭

More info to come.

🇧🇷 disassociated from the paragraph that reaffirm the full lifecycle of plastics (according to them it prejudge INC negotiations).

🌹 The white flower represent the also Resolution adopted today, which will start a negotiation for a legally binding instrument on Human Rights and Older Persons.

🔴 It acknowledged that #microplastic pollution undermines the conditions necessary for sustainable living.

It recognized that plastic pollution poses a risk to the rights of coastal fishing communities, remote and island communities, and marginalized urban populations.

⚖️ It recognized ITLOS's advisory opinion on climate change.
It acknowledged that plastic pollution (along with other environmental stressors) disproportionately impacts people already in vulnerable situations.

🗺️ It underscored the transboundary nature of plastic pollution.

It highlighted the severe and specific impacts of plastic pollution, as well as the connection between climate change and biodiversity loss in the ocean, which jeopardize the realization of human rights, including the right to a healthy environment (R2HE).

🛢️ It emphasized the importance of states taking decisive action to address plastic pollution through a full lifecycle approach.

📄 It reaffirmed UNEA Resolution 5/14 on the #PlasticsTreaty,

📄 The resolution recalled HRC Decision 56/117, which requested the Advisory Committee to write a report on the implications of plastic pollution for the full enjoyment of human rights.

💣 The Resolution recognized that plastic pollution is a crisis which enhanced global cooperation to address it.

📢 The human face of the plastic crisis is often overlooked—frontline communities living near oil and gas fields and petrochemical facilities, waste pickers, Indigenous Peoples, and others—and this resolution is a tribute to their efforts and commitments.

💥 For the first time in history, a United Nations body (the Human Rights Council) explicitly recognized the direct link between plastic pollution and human rights, particularly the right to a clean and sustainable environment.
#HRC58

🔴 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬, (𝐚𝐬 #𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐬 𝐝𝐨): Today let’s pay tribute from those suffering from Plastics crisis. 🧵
#PlasticsTreaty #HRC58