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Get daily high-level updates from PICAN on the INC5.2 Global Plastics Treaty, focusing on key issues for the Pacific Islands and SIDS.

PICAN’s Independent Scientific Assessment of the Global Plastics Treaty Negotiations offers a frontline analysis of INC-5.2, highlighting the urgent need for a comprehensive, binding agreement that tackles plastic pollution from extraction to disposal. Grounded in Pacific and Global South realities, the report delivers five key lessons—from upstream production cuts and polluter-pays finance to inclusive governance reforms—needed to secure a treaty with the ambition to protect

A new analysis that unpacks the historic ICJ Advisory Opinion on climate change, driven by Pacific youth and championed by frontline States. The ruling affirms that climate justice is a binding legal obligation and not confined to the UNFCCC. It carries weight across treaty processes, from plastics and shipping to human rights and trade, reinforcing States’ duties to prevent harm, phase out fossil fuels, and uphold intergenerational equity. The Pacific has led. Now global sys

PICANs new publication, Fast, Fair, Forever – How Public Finance Can Supercharge the Just Energy Transition, outlines a bold vision for a just energy transition driven by public finance. Discover how targeted public investment can de-risk renewable projects, level the playing field for Small Island Developing States, and deliver clean, secure energy for all.