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Illuminating the data gaps to account for all the climate impacts of plastics

November 2, 2025

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Plastics have significant impacts on climate change at every stage of their lifecycle. The impacts are undercounted, and therefore plastics are using more of the carbon budget than currently assumed. Read about plastics’ climate impacts and how filling in the scientific knowledge gaps are paramount if the challenges related to plastics, climate change, and related crises are to be addressed in the "Including the Undercounted Climate Impacts of Plastics in the UN Climate Regime" Brief from COP-30.