The negotiations in Busan, South Korea, were supposed to be the fifth and final round to produce the first legally binding treaty on plastics pollution, including in the oceans, by the end of 2024.

US officials outlined their new position at a meeting in Nairobi, where key divisions persisted ahead of August talks to ...

BUSAN, South Korea — Global talks to forge a landmark treaty aimed at reducing plastic pollution broke down after negotiators from more than 170 countries remained deadlocked over how to curb ...

Negotiators meet in less than a month to agree on the world's first treaty to end plastic pollution, but countries remain so far apart that a deal may prove impossible.

A JOINT declaration signed by 95 countries reaffirmed a shared global ambition to end plastic pollution. In line with the United Nations Environment Assembly’s Resolution 5/14 mandate, countries from ...

“History shows that successful international environmental treaties are possible, as long as they have teeth,” says co-author ...

In observance of International Plastic Bag Free Day 2025, environmental justice group BAN Toxics reaffirms its unwavering ...

In the 'Nice Call for an Ambitious Treaty on Plastic Pollution,' issued at the United Nations Ocean Conference, 95 countries demanded that a global target to reduce plastic production and consumption ...

The Philippines has signed an international declaration, joining 94 other countries in calling for an effective treaty to end global plastic pollution.

Malaysia’s actions position it as a potential leader in the ongoing negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty, due to resume ...