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 ...

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

Countries have failed to reach an agreement to stem plastic pollution after a small number of oil-rich nations resisted ...

Countries have failed to agree on critical clauses such as capping plastic production, the supply and management of plastic ...

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 United Nations' environment chief insisted on Monday that talks on a landmark plastic pollution treaty were not a failure ...

Officials from almost 100 countries are at the International Court of Justice in the Netherlands, asking the court to issue ...

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 ...

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