GENEVA: Countries trying to break the deadlock and strike a landmark global treaty on combating plastic pollution negotiated through the night into Friday on a last-minute revised proposal. The new draft, issued by the talks chair after the original Thursday deadline passed, contains more than 100 unresolved passages of text — but constitutes an “acceptable basis for negotiation,” two sources from different governments told AFP. However, several environmental NGOs said the new text still did not go far enough to protect human health and the environment.

More than 100 countries reject draft treaty as ‘unambitious’ and ‘inadequate’

Some countries blasted the lack of legally binding action, while oil-producing states say the text goes too far.