The United Nations talks for the global plastic pollution treaty extended after negotiators failed to reach consensus.
According to Al Jazeera, discussion on a global treaty to fight plastic pollution extended till Friday, after countries rejected the latest draft during talks in Geneva.
Talks chair Luis Vayas Valdivieso on Thursday told the countries attending the meeting, “As consultations of my revised draft text are still ongoing, this plenary is therefore adjourned, to be convened on August 15, 2025, at a time to be announced.”
The chair of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) on plastic pollution presented the draft treaty to 184 UN members during the final round of talks in Switzerland, which was rejected by most of the countries, as they find it “unambitious” and “inadequate.”
Delegates of the European Union said, “We must express our disappointment that, in its current form, the proposed text is not acceptable. It does not meet the minimum that is needed to respond to the urgency of the challenges before us.”
Furthermore, representatives of Norway, Australia, Tuvalu and other nations also expressed disappointment on leaving the talks without agreement.
The member countries also argued that the draft did not include production caps or regulations on chemical additives in plastics.
Over 1,000 delegates gathered in Geneva for the sixth round of talks after the INC meeting in South Korea ended without a deal last year.
Notably, as per UN reports, global plastic production has gone up to 400 million tonnes a year.
