{"id":59972,"date":"2024-12-16T15:59:26","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T07:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/malaysia\/?p=59972"},"modified":"2025-03-21T15:27:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T07:27:53","slug":"what-happened-at-the-global-plastics-treaty-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/malaysia\/story\/59972\/what-happened-at-the-global-plastics-treaty-negotiations\/","title":{"rendered":"What happened at the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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As the final negotiations for a UN Global Plastics Treaty enter a critical phase in Busan, South Korea, four Greenpeace International activists prevent a tanker at South Korea\u2019s Daesan complex from loading toxic petrochemicals destined to be used in plastic production. They are urging governments to resist fossil fuel and petrochemical industry interference in the ongoing INC-5 plastics treaty talks happening in Busan, and to deliver a treaty that firmly cuts plastic production, which on current trends is set to triple by 2050.
\u00a9 Jung Taekyong \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

In a daring protest against the fossil fuel and petrochemical industries<\/a> on 30 November 2024, Greenpeace activists boldly boarded a tanker at South Korea’s Hanwha TotalEnergies complex<\/a>, where toxic plastic chemicals were prepared for loading. We demanded for Global Plastic Treaty talks at the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC5) in Busan, South Korea, NOT buckle under fossil fuel and petrochemical industry pressures – and agree to a treaty that cuts plastic production.

Sadly, despite INC5 being a critical juncture in the global fight against plastic pollution, it ended with a suspension as an agreement was made to meet again, which sparked concerns. However, it also lit a small fire of hope as INC5.2, planned for 2025, means the fight is not over. Rather, it presents an opportunity to reinforce the urgent need for decisive actions.<\/p>\n\n

A Moment of Truth<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n

A flag with a giant eye<\/a> composed of thousands of portraits from around the world was unfurled from a 10-storey crane near the INC5 venue, signalling that the world will be watching and expecting a united call for a treaty that cuts plastic production and eliminates single-use plastics.

“This treaty needs to cut plastic production or this treaty will fail,” declares Graham Forbes, Greenpeace Head of Delegation to the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations. \u201cThe message is very, very clear and it is our life, our existence that we are fighting for in these negotiations. We are either headed to a historic treaty or planetary destruction.”

We saw a number of 220 fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists present at the INC5 held in Busan, Korea<\/a> which is the highest at any negotiation for the plastics treaty. Malaysia was among eight countries – alongside China, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Finland, Iran, Kazakhstan, and Peru – that included plastic as well as fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists in their official national delegations.

The number of industry lobbyists far exceeds other key delegations at the negotiations:<\/p>\n\n