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Civil society mobilisation plastics treaty - group of demonstrators at the Place des Nations in Geneva. Demonstrators hold placards that positioned together form a giant speech bubble reading 'cut plastic production, don't fuel our destruction, strong treaty now/'. The Broken Chair is visible in the background against a deep blue sky.

Cut plastic, not corners: civil society’s calls to action at treaty negotiations

Common Seas team at INC5.2 - team at the World Economic Forum headquarters overlooking Lake Geneva

Collaboration, capacity building and courage: Reflections from our time at INC5.2

Delegate from Mexico makes a speech at the closing plenary of INC5 in Busan. In the foreground is the crowd, and on the screen is the blue INC sign and a shot of the delegate, wearing a light top and a light fluffy bucket hat.

The INC-5 plastics treaty talks ended without a treaty. What’s next?

Fish-shaped rubbish cage on a beach in Barbados

Small countries, big impact: Why the plastics treaty must address the needs of Small Island Developing States

Two women standing in front of a torrent of plastic pollution - at artwork at the fourth round of treaty negotiations towards a global plastics treaty

Lessons from other treaties: How the Global Plastics Treaty can mandate National Plans that work

Reuse highlighted at the 11th World Ocean Summit

Litter on a beach

Small Islands will “choke on plastic” if urgent action is not taken through the UN Plastics Treaty

Piles of litter on a beach

Common Seas asks for an Ambitious Global Treaty on Plastic Pollution that Safeguards our Oceans, our Climate and our Health

Plastic debris on a pebble beach

Supporting governments around the world to deliver ambitious targets to reduce plastic pollution.