Plastic pollution is causing severe problems worldwide. However, negotiations at the United Nations in Geneva last August did not result in the expected global plastics treaty. On 7 February 2026, the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) on Plastic Pollution will reconvene in Geneva to elec t a new chairperson. In order to secure an agreement, the new chairperson must urgently reform INC procedures, argue researchers. ...read more read less