Negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution have concluded in Busan, South Korea without reaching an agreement.

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

Over 100 nations wanted to cap production while a handful of oil producers were prepared only to target plastic waste.

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.

Countries negotiating a global treaty to address plastic pollution have failed to reach an agreement in Busan.

The meeting was the last stage in a two-year process, after more than 170 nations in March 2022 backed a historic UN ...

Delegates from more than 170 countries attempting to negotiate a treaty to curb global plastic pollution ended a weeklong ...

The fifth session of negotiations on a historic, legally binding global plastic pollution treaty concluded on Sunday, with ...

Greenpeace has been urging governments to resist fossil fuel and petrochemical industry “interference” in discussions to cut ...

Many conversations need to be had before a treaty is reached, including whether there will be a limit on the amount of plastic that companies are allowed to produce.

"I can't entertain that it fails," said Inger Andersen, evoking the "massive plastic crisis". "No one wants to find plastic in the placenta or in the blood of the unborn baby." The negotiations ...

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