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

Nearly 200 countries spent a week locked in negotiations in Busan, South Korea , from November 25 with the goal of agreeing ...

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 ...

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

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, ...