What will it take to break the global plastic treaty deadlock?

Once again, we left the negotiations without a global plastic treaty. But while presently disallowed in the plastics treaty negotiations, this recommendation is hardly radical; it has been allowed in other multilateral agreements such as the Stockholm Convention. Observers would also include academics and experts, such as The Scientists’ Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty. Terese Teoh is the president of youth environmental group Singapore Youth for Climate Action (SYCA), where she co-leads the Plastics Treaty Working Group. She has tracked the Plastics Treaty since the beginning of 2024 and attended INC-5.2 in Geneva.