Global plastics treaty — UNEP Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC)
- Type
- Treaty
- Jurisdiction
- Global
- Current stage
- trilogue / negotiation
- Impact
- high
- Last verified change
- 29 Jul 2026
Negotiations on an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment, mandated by the UN Environment Assembly resolution of 2 March 2022 (UNEP/EA.5/Res.14). Since the second part of the fifth session (INC-5.2), work has continued through informal Heads of Delegation meetings.
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Timeline of verified changes
- 29 Jul 2026In his fourth letter, the INC Chair reported on the informal in-person Heads of Delegation meeting held in Nairobi from 30 June to 3 July 2026 and announced a second informal meeting in Bangkok from 27 to 30 September 2026.
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second informal in-person HODs meeting to be held in Bangkok from 27 to 30 September 2026.
- 3 Jul 2026An informal in-person meeting of Heads of Delegation took place in Nairobi from 30 June to 3 July 2026, the first substantive discussions in the ten months since INC-5.2.
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Heads of Delegation (HODs) that took place in Nairobi between 30 June and 3 July 2026. This meeting was the first opportunity we had to engage in substantive discussions in the 10 months since the second part of the fifth session of the INC