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 ...

The Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, issued the following statement at the conclusion of the Fifth ...

The Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, issued the following statement at the conclusion of the Fifth Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution ...

Qatar participated in the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5), held in Busan, the Republic ...

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

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.

Parties expressed disappointment and determination as they react to another international meeting in 2025. Negotiators considered potential tenets like capping plastic production and phasing out ...

STORY: For Indonesian climate activist Aeshnina Azzahra Aqilani, the UN’s 2024 summit on reducing plastic waste could have ...

Les 175 pays réunis à Busan, en Corée du Sud, ne sont pas parvenus à finaliser le texte dans les temps, ralentis par les pays ...

A deep division persists between nations advocating for a cap on plastic production and those only willing to target plastic waste.

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