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

International negotiations to create a legally binding treaty to stem the tide of plastic pollution ended in a stalemate on ...

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

Delegates from more than 170 countries huddled for a week of marathon negotiations but came up short on delivering a treaty.

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A summit many hoped would yield a landmark treaty to tackle a global plastic pollution crisis ended in disappointment after ...

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 ...

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, ...