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It was ‘no deal’ on a global plastics treaty - so what happens now?

Author
Robin Pomeroy
Published
Thu 21 Aug 2025
Episode Link
https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/plastics-treaty-inc5-gpap

A second - and supposedly final - last round of talks to agree a global treaty to tackle plastics pollution this month ended with no deal.

Clemence Schmid, director of the Global Plastics Action Partnership, tells us what happened and what might happen next.

Links:

Global Plastic Action Partnership: https://www.globalplasticaction.org/

Watch the World Economic Forum's documentary, "Invisible Warriors: The force behind Viet Nam’s plastic action": https://www.weforum.org/videos/invisible-warriors-the-force-behind-viet-nam-s-plastic-action/

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