International frameworks, policies & conventions

On this page we provide an overview of international frameworks, policies & conventions

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Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution

INC-5 2024 First part of the Fifth Session (INC-5.1)

INC-4 The fourth session took place at the Shaw Centre in Ottawa, Canada, from 23 to 29 April 2024.

INC-3 The third session took place in Nairobi, Kenya from 13 to 19 November 2023.

INC-2 The second session took place in Paris, France from 29 May to 2 June 2023.

2022 INC-1 March, at the resumed fifth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2), a historic resolution was adopted to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment. The INC began its work during the second half of 2022, with the ambition to complete the negotiations by the end of 2024.

Publications related to INC

Global criteria to address problematic, unnecessary and avoidable plastic products Januari 2024 Report published by the Nordic Council of Ministers

Negotiations for a Global Plastic Pollution Treaty (INC-3) – Insights for Financial Institutions November 2023 – published by Planet Tracker  

Reducing Plastic Production to Achieve Climate Goals: Key Considerations for the Plastics Treaty Negotiations – September 2023 – published by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) 




An extensive database and resource library focused on plastic legislation that has been passed around the world at Global Plastic Laws

UN Ocean Action | UNEP Regional Seas Programme | Aarhus Convention | Basel Convention | Rotterdam Convention | Stockholm Convention | The Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA) | London Convention | MARPOL | UN Watercourses Convention | United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) | Kyoto Protocol | Montreal Protocol | Paris Agreement | Rio Declaration

2022 – Overview provided by the University of Portsmouth : Global Plastic Policy Reviews The Global Plastics Policy Centre: policies, instruments, industry-led initiatives, voluntary commitments and citizens campaigns that address the lifecycle of plastics.

International overview of policies developed by Chatham House to allow users to explore the policy and trade dynamics associated with transitioning from linear to circular economic models as well as providing analyses of the opportunities and trade-offs associated with such transitions.

Global Plastics Outlook: Policy Scenarios to 2060 2022 June OECD

2022 Publication The evolving global plastics policy landscape: An inventory and effectiveness review

2021 publication by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Research and Trend Analysis Branch, Corruption and Economic Crime Branch and the Global Programme for Combating Wildlife and Forest Crime. Preventing and combating Corruption as it relates to Crimes that have an impact on the environment

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