ICEL Executive President, John Scanlon AO, attended the Second Part of the Fifth Session (INC-5.2) of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment, that took place from 5-9 August 2025 at the Paleis des Nations in Geneva.
Read his article on why States could not reach an agreement on a treaty text: “Is a Plastics Pollution Treaty still within reach?”, as well as his commentary on the meeting here and here.

Read also his article “Plastics pollution treaty negotiations – alternative pathways to overcome the impasse” with ICEL Members Prof. Maria Ivanova and Charles E. Di Leva.