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

The INC-5, which started based on a resolution passed during the UN Environment Assembly meeting in March 2022, started ...

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Negotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution for a week in South Korea won't reach an ...

What was supposed to be the final round of United Nations negotiations for a global plastics treaty ended without an ...

The first legally binding treaty to combat plastic pollution failed at a U.N. summit after oil-producing nations opposed ...

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 ...

Countries negotiating the treaty have agreed to meet again in 2025, with issues of production caps, program funding and ...

Delegates from more than 170 countries huddled for a week of marathon negotiations but came up short on delivering a treaty.

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