The world’s nations will wrap up negotiating a treaty this weekend to address the global plastic pollution crisis. Their meeting concludes Sunday or early Monday in Busan, South Korea, where many ...

Dozens of countries warned Sunday that a handful of nations were obstructing efforts in South Korea to reach an ambitious ...

By Joyce Lee and Valerie Volcovici BUSAN, South Korea (Reuters) -Negotiators on a treaty to curb plastic pollution face tough ...

Monday marked the beginning of the last meeting that the United Nations scheduled to negotiate a plastic pollution treaty. But the goal of creating a legally binding agreement to rein ...

Negotiations on a plastic pollution accord are drawing to a close Sunday, as nations continue debating whether to tackle the ...

Very little of the world's plastic waste—about half of which comes from single-use plastics such as packaging, straws and ...

China was by far the biggest exporter of plastic products in 2023, followed by Germany and the United States. Less than 10% ...

The hoped-for treaty to come out of these talks could be the most significant deal relating to environmental protection as ...

The world’s nations will wrap up negotiating a treaty this weekend to address the global crisis of plastic pollution.

The current text excludes key demands, including a binding limit on plastic production and a ban on dangerous additives.

Delegates from more than 170 countries are working to salvage a treaty that would tackle the growing problem of plastic ...

It was Espen Barth Eide, President of the Fifth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA 5), who gave the ...