Hopes of securing a United Nations treaty on plastic pollution are fading after the final round of negotiations ended without ...

The UN's environment chief insists that a landmark global treaty tackling plastic pollution remains achievable, despite talks ...

Nations were meeting for an 11th day at the United Nations offices there to try to complete a treaty to end the plastic pollution crisis. They remain deadlocked over whether the treaty should reduce ...

GENEVA -- Negotiations on a global treaty to end plastic pollution drew to a close Thursday, as nations remain deadlocked over whether to tackle the exponential growth of plastic production. A draft ...

Show more Show less Plastic pollution is found in rivers, seas, in the air and in human bodies Microplastic is ubiquitous, found on the highest mountain peaks and in the deepest ocean trenches ...

GENEVA - The head of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has said that efforts to forge a global treaty to tackle ...

Plastic litter in the environment and waterways is now a global crisis. International negotiations were underway in August on ...

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 ...

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 worked for 11 ...