The 6th round of global plastic treaty talks, held in Geneva, made it clear that achieving a strong treaty to address the plastic pollution crisis is facing significant obstacles from petrostates and industries. Our fight must continue to make a just transition possible...
JTA’s Executive Director, José Bravo, and I [Fernando Tormos-Aponte] attended the UN Climate Bonn talks in June 2025 to continue advancing the fight for a just transition decision later this year at the UNFCCC COP30 climate talks in Belém, Brazil.
Battles are starting to play out in courts, but these cannot be the only sites of resistance. A broader, more inclusive defence of science is needed.
It is time to double up on efforts to build the forces needed to fight back, to build what we want, not just play defense.
We leave the UNEP Plastics negotiations without a meaningful treaty to end the plastics pollution crisis. We do not leave defeated, as we have built a growing opposition to false corporate schemes.
Environmental justice and worker organizations join to oppose plastic credits and bonds.
The US presidential elections loom large in the minds of the environmental justice movement and the communities we are accountable to...
We raise our voices to remind government officials that there cannot be a just transition if affected communities and workers are not part of the decision-making process.
