{"id":73925,"date":"2025-08-12T17:35:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T16:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/?p=73925"},"modified":"2025-09-07T19:09:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T18:09:37","slug":"show-courage-to-vote-for-a-strong-plastics-treaty-campaigners-urge-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2025\/08\/12\/show-courage-to-vote-for-a-strong-plastics-treaty-campaigners-urge-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Show courage to vote for a strong plastics treaty, campaigners urge countries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Environmental campaigners have called on governments to \u201cstop hiding behind consensus\u201d at the UN plastics treaty talks and instead opt for a vote which they hope would win enough backing for an ambitious pact that tackles soaring plastic production.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Environmentalists and Indigenous groups held up signs urging countries to show courage, standing in front of the UN buildings in Geneva where negotiations are reaching the final stretch amid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2025\/08\/11\/deadlock-in-un-plastics-talks-raises-fears-of-watered-down-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a continuing stalemate.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The demonstration, coordinated by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breakfreefromplastic.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Break Free From Plastic<\/a> movement of more than 13,000 organisations and individual supporters, coincided with the arrival of nearly 70 ministers at the talks.<\/p><div class=\"clima-in-post\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"clima-2817462912\"><div style=\"text-align:center; margin: 20px 0;\">\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 8px;\">\r\n    <hr style=\"flex: 1; max-width: 80px; border: none; border-top: 1px solid #ccc; margin: 0 10px;\">\r\n    <span style=\"font-family: Open Sans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #BFBFBF; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px;\">Advertisement<\/span>\r\n    <hr style=\"flex: 1; max-width: 80px; border: none; border-top: 1px solid #ccc; margin: 0 10px;\">\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div id=\"chn-in-post\"><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script defer src=\"https:\/\/ead.newint.org\/show.php?zones=chn-in-post\"><\/script>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat we have seen here is that if you rely only on consensus, that means a single country or a handful of countries can block the entire process,\u201d said Ren\u00e9e Sharp, director of plastics and petrochemical advocacy at the US-based Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). \u201cWe need strong action &#8211; we need a strong treaty,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Breaking the impasse<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>With only two days left until the negotiations are due to end, discussions have yet to settle on what the first global plastics pact should tackle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A coalition of nearly 100 countries has pushed for the treaty to include binding provisions aimed at cutting plastic production to \u201csustainable levels\u201d as part of a wide-ranging package of solutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But an ill-defined group of fossil-fuel producing nations, calling themselves the &#8220;like-minded&#8221; countries and vocally led by Gulf states, Russia and India, wants to limit the scope of the pact to management of plastic waste and largely voluntary measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"chn-block block-image\">\n\n    <figure class=\"\" uk-toggle=\"target: #simg-73927\" >\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/08\/INC-5.2_STOPHIDING-45-scaled.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/08\/INC-5.2_STOPHIDING-45-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/08\/INC-5.2_STOPHIDING-45-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/08\/INC-5.2_STOPHIDING-45-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/08\/INC-5.2_STOPHIDING-45-480x320.jpg 480w\" \/>\n        <figcaption>Panama&#8217;s lead negotiator Juan Carlos Monterrey cheers on activists as he walks past the demonstration. Photo: Trixie Guerrero\/BFFP<\/figcaption>    <\/figure>\n\n    <div id=\"simg-73927\"  class=\"uk-modal-container\" uk-modal>\n        <div class=\"uk-modal-dialog uk-margin-auto-vertical\">\n\n            <button class=\"uk-modal-close-default\" type=\"button\" uk-close><\/button>\n\n            <div class=\"uk-modal-body\">\n\n                <figure>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/08\/INC-5.2_STOPHIDING-45-scaled.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/08\/INC-5.2_STOPHIDING-45-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/08\/INC-5.2_STOPHIDING-45-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/08\/INC-5.2_STOPHIDING-45-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/08\/INC-5.2_STOPHIDING-45-480x320.jpg 480w\" \/>\n                    <figcaption>Panama&#8217;s lead negotiator Juan Carlos Monterrey cheers on activists as he walks past the demonstration. Photo: Trixie Guerrero\/BFFP<\/figcaption>                <\/figure>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Wong SiPeng, an advocate with C4 Center, an anti-corruption watchdog in Malaysia, said it would be impossible to make consensus work with two polar-opposite camps that do not want to budge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe clearest way to make a decision would be to vote and get us out of this gridlock,\u201d she told Climate Home on the sidelines of Tuesday&#8217;s action. \u201cThis is not going anywhere &#8211; countries need to be brave enough to call for it.\u201d<\/p><div class=\"clima-in-post-2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"clima-3730607224\"><div style=\"text-align:center; margin: 20px 0;\">\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 8px;\">\r\n    <hr style=\"flex: 1; max-width: 80px; border: none; border-top: 1px solid #ccc; margin: 0 10px;\">\r\n    <span style=\"font-family: Open Sans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #BFBFBF; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px;\">Advertisement<\/span>\r\n    <hr style=\"flex: 1; max-width: 80px; border: none; border-top: 1px solid #ccc; margin: 0 10px;\">\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div id=\"chn-in-post-2\"><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script defer src=\"https:\/\/ead.newint.org\/show.php?zones=chn-in-post-2\"><\/script>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Voting battle<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The issue of how governments should reach an agreement has haunted the UN plastics talks since their inception. The draft rules of procedure governing the negotiations offer the possibility of voting if efforts to reach consensus fail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the second round of talks in May 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/enb.iisd.org\/plastic-pollution-marine-environment-negotiating-committee-inc2-summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">descended into a procedural scuffle<\/a> when countries, including Saudi Arabia, India and Iran, refused to move into substantive discussions unless that provision was \u2018bracketed\u2019 &#8211; meaning no agreement had been reached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The row was eventually resolved with a compromise: an \u2018interpretative statement\u2019 noting that the rules of procedure would be applied provisionally and there were different understandings of the rule on voting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a panel discussion with Climate Home on Monday, David Azoulay, a senior attorney at the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), said fossil fuel-producing countries had since \u201claid a number of procedural traps to make it [voting] potentially politically costly and complicated\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"chn-block post-slider uk-background-primary uk-padding-remove-vertical\"><div  class=\"\" uk-slider=\"autoplay\"><ul class=\"uk-slider-items post-list uk-grid uk-grid-large uk-child-width-1-2@s \"><li class=\"uk-slide 73838\">\n\n    <article id=\"post-73838\" class=\"post-73838 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-politics\">\n\n        <header class=\"post__header\">\n\n            <div class=\"header-visual\">\n\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2025\/08\/11\/deadlock-in-un-plastics-talks-raises-fears-of-watered-down-deal\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" target=\"_blank\">\n                <figure class=\"post__image small pos-\">\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/08\/54703554510_5eb0861556_k-480x320.jpg\" class=\"attachment-small size-small wp-post-image\" alt=\"Plenary of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on plastic pollution, which is meeting in Geneva to finalise a landmark agreement.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/08\/54703554510_5eb0861556_k-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/08\/54703554510_5eb0861556_k-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/08\/54703554510_5eb0861556_k-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/08\/54703554510_5eb0861556_k.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>                <\/figure>\n\n\n                <\/a>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"header-text\">\n\n                <div class=\"post__meta\">\n\n                    <div class=\"post__date\">\n                        Aug 11, 2025 <\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"post__categories\">\n\t                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/category\/news\/\">News<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                <\/div>\n\n                <h3 class=\"post__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2025\/08\/11\/deadlock-in-un-plastics-talks-raises-fears-of-watered-down-deal\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" target=\"_blank\">Deadlock in UN plastics talks raises fears of watered-down deal<\/a><\/h3>\n                <div class=\"post__excerpt\">\n                    During a webinar hosted by Climate Home in Geneva, Panama&#8217;s climate envoy said his country would reject a weak deal that ignores the growing production of plastics                <\/div>\n\n                <div class=\"post__footer\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2025\/08\/11\/deadlock-in-un-plastics-talks-raises-fears-of-watered-down-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"read-more\">Read more<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/header>\n\n    <\/article>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/li><li class=\"uk-slide 73781\">\n\n    <article id=\"post-73781\" class=\"post-73781 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-politics tag-plastics\">\n\n        <header class=\"post__header\">\n\n            <div class=\"header-visual\">\n\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2025\/08\/08\/as-us-joins-oil-states-in-blocking-production-cuts-un-plastics-treaty-talks-remain-deadlocked\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" target=\"_blank\">\n                <figure class=\"post__image small pos-\">\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/08\/IISD-ENB_INC5.2_7Aug25_KiaraWorth-21-480x320.jpg\" class=\"attachment-small size-small wp-post-image\" alt=\"United States representative at INC 5.2. The USA, and other oil states are against production cuts, which deadlocks a plastic treaty\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/08\/IISD-ENB_INC5.2_7Aug25_KiaraWorth-21-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/08\/IISD-ENB_INC5.2_7Aug25_KiaraWorth-21-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/08\/IISD-ENB_INC5.2_7Aug25_KiaraWorth-21-1440x960.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>                <\/figure>\n\n\n                <\/a>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"header-text\">\n\n                <div class=\"post__meta\">\n\n                    <div class=\"post__date\">\n                        Aug 8, 2025 <\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"post__categories\">\n\t                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/category\/news\/politics\/\">Politics<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                <\/div>\n\n                <h3 class=\"post__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2025\/08\/08\/as-us-joins-oil-states-in-blocking-production-cuts-un-plastics-treaty-talks-remain-deadlocked\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" target=\"_blank\">As US joins oil states in blocking production cuts, UN plastics treaty talks remain deadlocked<\/a><\/h3>\n                <div class=\"post__excerpt\">\n                    As negotiations near the mid-way point, no agreement is in sight amid opposition to measures on production from the US, Gulf states, Russia and India                 <\/div>\n\n                <div class=\"post__footer\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2025\/08\/08\/as-us-joins-oil-states-in-blocking-production-cuts-un-plastics-treaty-talks-remain-deadlocked\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"read-more\">Read more<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/header>\n\n    <\/article>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/li><li class=\"uk-slide 55633\">\n\n    <article id=\"post-55633\" class=\"post-55633 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-energy category-news tag-iran tag-plastics\">\n\n        <header class=\"post__header\">\n\n            <div class=\"header-visual\">\n\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2024\/12\/30\/an-economic-lifeline-why-iran-opposes-production-curbs-in-un-plastics-treaty\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" target=\"_blank\">\n                <figure class=\"post__image small pos-\">\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"272\" src=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2024\/12\/Iran-plastics-480x272.jpg\" class=\"attachment-small size-small wp-post-image\" alt=\"Why Iran opposes production curbs in UN plastics treaty? Fossil fuel nations to see value of their economies shrink\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2024\/12\/Iran-plastics-480x272.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2024\/12\/Iran-plastics.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>                <\/figure>\n\n\n                <\/a>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"header-text\">\n\n                <div class=\"post__meta\">\n\n                    <div class=\"post__date\">\n                        Dec 30, 2024 <\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"post__categories\">\n\t                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/category\/news\/energy\/\">Energy<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                <\/div>\n\n                <h3 class=\"post__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2024\/12\/30\/an-economic-lifeline-why-iran-opposes-production-curbs-in-un-plastics-treaty\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" target=\"_blank\">An economic lifeline: Why Iran opposes production curbs in UN plastics treaty<\/a><\/h3>\n                <div class=\"post__excerpt\">\n                    Iran\u2019s plastics industry brings in much-needed foreign currency, which it can use to try and contain runaway inflation\r\n                <\/div>\n\n                <div class=\"post__footer\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2024\/12\/30\/an-economic-lifeline-why-iran-opposes-production-curbs-in-un-plastics-treaty\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"read-more\">Read more<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/header>\n\n    <\/article>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"uk-slider-nav uk-dotnav\"><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Looking for the right moment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A call for a vote would almost certainly provoke a strong reaction from the members of the &#8220;like-minded&#8221; group, which have regularly restated in their public speeches that all decisions must be made on consensus. At a plenary last Saturday, Kuwait &#8211; speaking on behalf of that group &#8211; said that \u201cany attempt to move forward without consensus risks producing an instrument that is neither legitimate nor implementable\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But for CIEL\u2019s Azoulay, associating multilateralism exclusively with consensus decision-making is \u201ccomplete and utter nonsense\u201d. He pointed out that voting takes place regularly at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Using that tool \u201cis not weakening multilateralism, it is saving it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"Comment: The global plastics treaty must move forward, with or without the US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Comment: The global plastics treaty must move forward, with or without the US<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>No country has so far openly signalled its intention to call for a vote at the plastics talks, despite the option being informally debated in the corridors of the UN headquarters in Geneva.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"chn-block block-image\">\n\n    <figure class=\"\" uk-toggle=\"target: #simg-73928\" >\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/08\/INC-5.2_STOPHIDING-35-scaled.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/08\/INC-5.2_STOPHIDING-35-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/08\/INC-5.2_STOPHIDING-35-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/08\/INC-5.2_STOPHIDING-35-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/08\/INC-5.2_STOPHIDING-35-480x320.jpg 480w\" \/>\n        <figcaption>Campaigners hold up signs in front of UN buildings in Geneva. Photo: Trixie Guerrero\/BFFP<\/figcaption>    <\/figure>\n\n    <div id=\"simg-73928\"  class=\"uk-modal-container\" uk-modal>\n        <div class=\"uk-modal-dialog uk-margin-auto-vertical\">\n\n            <button class=\"uk-modal-close-default\" type=\"button\" uk-close><\/button>\n\n            <div class=\"uk-modal-body\">\n\n                <figure>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/08\/INC-5.2_STOPHIDING-35-scaled.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/08\/INC-5.2_STOPHIDING-35-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/08\/INC-5.2_STOPHIDING-35-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/08\/INC-5.2_STOPHIDING-35-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/08\/INC-5.2_STOPHIDING-35-480x320.jpg 480w\" \/>\n                    <figcaption>Campaigners hold up signs in front of UN buildings in Geneva. Photo: Trixie Guerrero\/BFFP<\/figcaption>                <\/figure>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Laurianne Trimoulla, a project manager at the Switzerland-based Gallifrey Foundation, said a vote would need to take place \u201cunder the right circumstances when all conditions are perfectly aligned\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf countries call for a vote and it is not the right moment, it weakens the act of voting,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NRDC\u2019s Sharp said some countries are hesitant to move beyond decisions approved by consensus because they do not want to give the impression that multilateralism has no future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut the reality is that human health and environmental health are on the line &#8211; and we can&#8217;t have countries hiding behind consensus to not take the action that&#8217;s needed,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As UN talks on a new global plastics 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