The fifth U.N. Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee failed to reach a binding agreement on plastic production and waste for the fifth time since the group began meeting in November 2022.

The failure of recent global talks in Busan, South Korea, to produce a landmark treaty to combat plastic pollution, has ...

For almost two years, countries have been trying to negotiate a United Nations treaty to rein in plastic pollution. The talks were supposed to end with an agreement, but that didn't happen.

Plastic pollution is a global crisis, choking oceans, killing wildlife, and contributing to climate change. Over 8 billion ...

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

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

A global U.N. summit on plastics ended in Busan, South Korea, early this morning without a much-anticipated treaty after ...

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

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

It was a disappointing conclusion to a summit that many hoped would yield a landmark treaty to tackle a worsening global ...

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

All 55 countries in Africa had put out a conference paper on finance that had been backed by 126 member states outside Africa ...