As delegates from around the world have negotiated a global plastics treaty over five sessions since 2022, alliances have emerged among nations, across civil society, and throughout the private sector.

Negotiations on a global treaty on plastic pollution are being blocked by oil-producing countries and getting bogged down in a "dialogue of the deaf", sources at the talks told AFP on Thursday.But by Thursday,

World leaders meeting in Geneva, Switzerland​ this week have been discussing a treaty meant to end the problem of plastic waste.