Nations were meeting for an 11th day at the United Nations office to try to complete a landmark treaty to end the plastic ...

Global plastics treaty talks collapse in Geneva, blocked by fossil fuel interests, raising climate and pollution concerns.

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Diplomats from around the world concluded nine days of talks in Geneva—plus a marathon overnight session that lasted into the early hours of Friday—with no agreement on a global plastics treaty.

Negotiators from 185 nations worked beyond Thursday's deadline in an ultimately futile search for common ground.

Negotiators working on a treaty to address global plastic pollution discussed a new draft of the text Wednesday that wouldn't limit plastic ...

GENEVA (AP) — Talks on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution in Geneva ended without an agreement Friday as the session was adjourned with plans to resume at a later date. Nations ...

Delegates had been seeking a breakthrough in the deadlocked United Nations talks, but states pushing for an ambitious treaty ...

Negotiations at UN for plastic pollution treaty end without deal, highlighting divide between nations on action and focus.

Plastic items are seen next to an artwork by Canadian artist and activist Benjamin Von Wong, titled “The Thinker’s Burden”, during the Fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on ...