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

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 ...

A resolution was adopted, in 2022 in Nairobi, at the United Nations Environment Assembly to develop global rules for curbing ...

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 ...

The Treasury Department on Monday sanctioned three individuals for human trafficking and sexual violence against children at ...

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

BUSAN: Divisions between countries have stalled negotiations on the world's first treaty to tackle plastic pollution, after a terse week of talks in South Korea's Busan. Here are some of the sticking ...

The fifth session of negotiations on a historic, legally binding global plastic pollution treaty concluded on Sunday, with ...