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

During the late-night meeting, countries supportive of legal obligations to cut plastic pollution refused to accept a treaty ...

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 ...

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

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

Oil-producing nations, particularly Saudi Arabia and Russia, have blocked a UN-backed treaty to curb plastic pollution, ...

Countries told they can't afford to miss the opportunity to tackle plastic pollution next year - but can they resolve a sharp ...

Nations, businesses and sustainability advocates are upset over the INC-5 talks falling through — could this "no deal" ...

Divisions between countries have stalled negotiations on the world's first treaty to tackle plastic pollution, after a terse ...

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

The talks were about phasing out plastic production, improving waste management, design requirements for plastic products and ...