Lobbyists and influence peddlers for plastic makers were the largest single delegation at the negotiations, according to an ...

There is an impasse over whether the treaty should reduce the total plastic on Earth and put global, legally binding controls ...

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

An analysis by the Centre for International Environmental Law (CIEL) found that 220 lobbyists had registered for INC-5.

A summit many hoped would yield a landmark treaty to tackle a global plastic pollution crisis ended in disappointment after ...

Every year, the world produces more than 400 million tons of new plastic. Plastic production could climb about 70% by 2040 ...

Countries have failed to reach an agreement to stem plastic pollution after a small number of oil-rich nations resisted ...

Every year, over 400 million tons of new plastic are produced globally, and much of this ends up as waste, polluting oceans, ...

Delegates attending the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiations Committee (INC-5) in Busan, South Korea leave the ...

A woman holds a sign during a rally to demand stronger global commitments to fight plastic waste at the fifth session of the ...

In what was supposed to be the final round of negotiations for a global treaty to end plastic pollution, delegates from over ...

Negotiations in South Korea for a global treaty on plastic waste stalemated over limits on plastic production and the ...