UN Chief Defends Plastic Pollution Talks After Collapse
The UN environment chief insisted Monday that talks on a landmark plastic pollution treaty were not a failure, saying important progress was made despite negotiations collapsing without agreement.
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The World's Plastic Pollution Talks Were A Major Flop – Why?
Efforts to build a global treaty to combat plastic pollution fell apart over the weekend. While international agreements are rarely straightforward, many believe powerful forces were working to undermine the talks: big oil and countries hellbent on fossil fuel production.
Can countries agree to "end the world's plastic pollution crisis"?
The U.S. is among 175 nations haggling over a treaty to reduce the vast quantity of plastic pollution that ends up in our food, water and even our bodies.
Global Plastic Treaty Negotiations Finish Without Agreement
The meeting was the last stage in a two-year process, after more than 170 nations in March 2022 backed a historic UN resolution to end plastic pollution.
What to know about the plastic pollution treaty talks that have concluded in South Korea
Negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution have concluded in Busan, South Korea without reaching an agreement.
Countries fail to reach agreement at U.N. plastic pollution talks in South Korea
Delegates from more than 170 countries attempting to negotiate a treaty to curb global plastic pollution ended a weeklong meeting in Busan early Monday without an agreement, pushing talks to another session next year.
Oil States Play Spoiler in Failed Plastics Treaty Negotiations
Countries have failed to reach an agreement to stem plastic pollution after a small number of oil-rich nations resisted efforts to limit production.
UN historic plastic pollution treaty negotiation to reconvene in 2025
The fifth session of negotiations on a historic, legally binding global plastic pollution treaty concluded on Sunday, with countries agreeing to reconvene in 2025. The session, held from November 25
Negotiators fail to reach an agreement on a plastic pollution treaty. Talks to resume next year
Negotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution for a week in South Korea won't reach an agreement and plan to resume the talks next year.
Negotiators fail to agree on UN treaty to curb global plastic pollution
As the threat from plastic pollution mounts, the countries could only agree to postpone negotiations to a later date.
Divided over whether to stop making plastic, U.N. treaty talks collapse
Delegates from more than 170 countries huddled for a week of marathon negotiations but came up short on delivering a treaty.
'Never any consensus': UN plastics conference fails to yield treaty
Oil-rich nations like Saudi Arabia strongly oppose efforts to reduce plastic production and use procedural tactics to delay ...
No UN plastic treaty as oil producers oppose plastic production caps
Negotiations for a legally binding global treaty on plastic pollution have failed to reach an agreement in Busan, South Korea ...