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Plastic Treaty – Policy Briefs

Submission to the U.N. Human Rights Council Advisory Committee on the implications of plastic pollution for the full enjoyment of human rights

This submission details the myriad ways that plastic pollution violates human rights at every stage from extraction to disposal, and identifies...

May 18, 2026Claire Arkin

Views on the development of UNFCCC roadmaps for a Transition Away from Fossil Fuels in a Just, Orderly and Equitable Manner, and for Halting and Reversing Deforestation and Forest Degradation by 2030

GAIA proposes the following material economy shifts as solutions for the roadmaps to deliver a Transition Away from Fossil Fuels in...

May 14, 2026Claire Arkin

Submission to the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the right to development on participation in development and peace for development

Representatives from civil society and Indigenous Peoples must be given direct access to environmental decision-making. This includes access to international negotiations...

May 12, 2026Claire Arkin

Analysis of the INC Chair’s Text by the Latin American and the Caribbean Member Organizations of GAIA

The Latin American and Caribbean organizations that have been monitoring negotiations for a Legally Binding Instrument to stop Plastic Pollution, including...

August 1, 2025Camila Aguilera

Análisis del texto del presidente del INC del Tratado de plásticos desde las organizaciones latinoamericanas y del Caribe miembros de GAIA

Las organizaciones de Latinoamérica y El Caribe que venimos haciendo seguimiento al proceso de negociaciones para un Instrumento legalmente vinculante que...

July 24, 2025Camila Aguilera

Pathways to an Effective Plastics Treaty (Bahasa Melayu)

Laluan kepada Perjanjian Plastik yang Berkesan – Plastik – 5 Jun 2025 Menjelang INC-5.2, para perunding perlu membuat beberapa keputusan penting,...

July 3, 2025Agnes Mampusti

Trajectoires vers un traité efficace sur les plastiques

À l’approche de l’INC-5.2, les négociateurs doivent trancher un certain nombre de questions décisives, que cette note d’information se propose de...

June 6, 2025Agnes Mampusti

Vías para lograr un tratado eficaz sobre plásticos

A medida que se acerca el INC-5, los negociadores tienen que tomar varias decisiones cruciales que este informe pretende destacar:

June 6, 2025Agnes Mampusti

Pathways to an Effective Plastics Treaty

As INC-5.2 approaches, negotiators have several decisive choices to make that this briefing seeks to highlight:

June 5, 2025Agnes Mampusti

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