The United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee has suspended its fifth meeting (INC-5) to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution. More than 70 independent scientists from the Scientists’ Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty participated in the meeting in Busan, Republic of Korea to support negotiators in understanding and implementing robust knowledge, including the latest peer-reviewed science, into their positions.
Read our press release from December 2nd 2024, commenting on the outcome of the meeting and the way forward: