Explained: Why is UN’s global plastics treaty essential to tackle the plastic pollution crisis? Updated - December 02, 2024 at 02:43 PM.

Divisions between countries have stalled negotiations on the world's first treaty to tackle plastic pollution, after a terse ...

The fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) on Plastic Pollution concluded on Sunday in Busan, ...

The U.S. is among 175 nations haggling over a treaty to reduce the vast quantity of plastic pollution that ends up in our ...

The UN environment chief insisted Monday that talks on a landmark plastic pollution treaty were not a failure, saying ...

All 55 countries in Africa had put out a conference paper on finance that had been backed by 126 member states outside Africa ...

Majority of Member States on the Side of Ambition Busan, South Korea  – As time ran out for negotiators to clinch a strong ...

Delegates from some countries say the new draft is too weak. Sam Adu-Kumi, lead negotiator for Ghana, said the draft is full ...

Negotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution won’t reach an agreement in South Korea and ...

Global talks to forge a landmark treaty aimed at reducing plastic pollution broke down after negotiators from more than 170 ...

Countries have deadlocked on a United Nations treaty on plastic pollution, according to The Associated Press. The treaty, ...

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