The world's relentless battle against plastic pollution faced a significant setback this week, as countries negotiating a global treaty failed to reach a consensus. The fifth session of the UN ...

A gathering of more than 200 nations that convened to reach a landmark agreement on ending plastic pollution broke down on Monday without achieving its goal. The talks in Busan, South Korea, collapsed ...

Delegates from more than 170 countries attempting to negotiate a treaty to curb global plastic pollution ended a weeklong ...

Oil-rich nations like Saudi Arabia strongly oppose efforts to reduce plastic production and use procedural tactics to delay ...

International negotiations to create a legally binding treaty to stem the tide of plastic pollution ended in a stalemate on ...

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The fifth session of negotiations on a historic, legally binding global plastic pollution treaty concluded on Sunday, with ...

Delegates attending the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiations Committee (INC-5) in Busan, South Korea leave the ...

Negotiations in South Korea for a global treaty on plastic waste stalemated over limits on plastic production and the ...

Oil-producing nations, particularly Saudi Arabia and Russia, have blocked a UN-backed treaty to curb plastic pollution, ...

Countries told they can't afford to miss the opportunity to tackle plastic pollution next year - but can they resolve a sharp ...

Negotiations for a legally binding global treaty on plastic pollution have failed to reach an agreement in Busan, South Korea ...