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Collaboration, capacity building and courage: Reflections from our time at INC5.2 - Common Seas We share our report and reflections on Common Seas' time at INC5.2 for negotiations towards a Global Plastics Treaty.

🖊️ Reporting on our time at INC5.2. Find out what we got up to during #PlasticsTreaty negotiations, from exploring the role of science, to supporting ambitious national action on #plasticpollution and more.
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20.08.2025 15:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Our reaction to the newly proposed Chair's text and #INC52 state of play under 24 hours until #PlasticsTreaty negotiation deadlines.

At this critical juncture, decisive action must be taken to agree an ambitious treaty that safeguards our health, our ocean, and our futures from #plasticpollution. 🌍

14.08.2025 10:38 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Updates from Geneva, where we've been supporting #PlasticsTreaty 🌍 talks.

With just days left to deliver an ambitious agreement, there has never been a more crucial moment in the movement to end #plasticpollution.

Governments must now step up to secure a healthy future. 🌊

12.08.2025 18:44 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

🚨 Civil society unite outside the Palais des Nations assembly hall ahead of #INC52 plenary with a clear message to governments:

Keep your promise. Secure a strong, just and effective #PlasticsTreaty to end #plasticpollution - now. ⏰

Learn more: commonseas.com/plastics-tre...

09.08.2025 09:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Final negotiations towards a Global #PlasticsTreaty are well underway🌎

From co-hosting side events on national action to connecting with stakeholders on the importance of #SIDS & #health, we're on the ground to support this historic moment.

Learn more: commonseas.com/plastics-tre...

06.08.2025 16:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

NEW: National Planning Working Group on Plastics Action to support countries to ensure #PlansThatDeliver on plastics 🌍

📄 Our new Insights Paper draws on our collective experience supporting national planning in 50+ countries.

Read it now at: commonseas.com/resource-hub/

04.08.2025 08:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

From #SIDS, to science, to civil society, the call for an ambitious, enforceable & equitable #PlasticsTreaty is louder than ever. 📢

Here's what they're calling for approaching INC5.2.

Learn more about the treaty & how Common Seas is supporting it at: commonseas.com/home/plastic...

31.07.2025 09:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Know your DipCons from your COPs, ILBIs from INCs?💡

With final #PlasticsTreaty 🌍 talks less than a week away, here are the key terms you'll need to follow #INC52.

Learn more at: commonseas.com/plastics-tre...

30.07.2025 11:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A week today, #INC52 talks will begin for resumed final negotiations towards a Global #PlasticsTreaty. 🌎

In #Geneva, countries must deliver a bold, effective treaty that can end #plasticpollution and secure a just, healthy future for all.

Here’s what we expect to see in the Treaty ⬇️

29.07.2025 16:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Next week, governments meet in Geneva to (hopefully) finalise negotiations on a Global #PlasticsTreaty. 🌍

But how did we get here, and what’s next? Swipe to follow the journey from UNEA Resolution 5/14 to #INC52 & how stakeholders are keeping up momentum for an ambitious #plasticpollution Treaty.

28.07.2025 09:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Plastic production drives fossil fuel extraction, pollutes ecosystems, emits greenhouse gases and harms human health. It's time to act. ⏰

The #PlasticsTreay must rapidly phase down plastic production, eliminate harmful products & chemicals, and secure a healthy future for all.

25.07.2025 15:34 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Are you heading to Geneva for #PlasticsTreaty negotiations next week?

Our team will be on the ground at #INC52 and is eager to connect with stakeholders to discuss #SIDS requirements, national action, health and collaborations to amplify key voices.

Message us if you'd like to connect! 💬

24.07.2025 14:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We are proud to be one of over 600 civil society organisations to sign the new @breakfreefromplastic.org "Manifesto for a Future Free from Plastic Pollution". 🖊️

Delivering an ambitious #PlasticsTreaty at #INC52 is vital to secure a healthy ocean and a healthy future, freed from plastic.

22.07.2025 12:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Carousel of images with text overlaid: Plastic is often seen as a cheap material, but it comes at a huge cost. in 2015, plastic production cost $592 billion in damages. By 2040, mismanaged waste will cost around $16.9 Trillion. These costs are not evenly distributed. The true cost of plastic is 8 time higher in the Global South. However, just a small number of petrochemical companies drive the plastics crisis. It's time for polluters to pay up. To end plastic pollution, the treaty must deliver equitable funding. This means: a plastic pollution fee for producers to pay per tonne of polymers produced; a new dedicated financial mechanism utilising both public and private finance, fully lifecycle investment in line with the waste hierarchy, comprehensive national reporting requirements to enable investment. The needs of SIDS and Global South countries: 1. stable adequate long-term funding, 2. An additional fund to tackle legacy plastics, 3. Technical and financial support for capacity building, National Plans, and pilot projects. It's time to rebalance the scales. A successful Global Plastics Treaty relies on effective and equitable financing.

Plastic comes at a cost. But who should pay?  
  
Currently the Global South bears the burden, despite contributing little. 
  
🌍 At #INC5, the #PlasticsTreaty must drive equitable financing to protect communities impacted by #plasticpollution & build a just transition to a circular economy.

22.11.2024 11:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0