Countries negotiating a global treaty to address plastic pollution have failed to reach an agreement in Busan.

International talks to cut plastic pollution collapsed in the early hours of 2 December in what critics are billing as ...

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

More than 100 countries want the treaty to limit production as well as tackle cleanup and recycling, which is essential to ...

It is recognised as the most significant environmental cause of disease and premature deaths globally, surpassing even ...

The fifth round of negotiations on a landmark UN plastics treaty, has ended without an agreement, marking a major setback in ...

The majority of countries appeared keen to strike a robust deal and build a legal framework to address plastic pollution.

Analysis: Deep divisions, obstructions by fossil fuel-producing countries and the missing voices of campaigners and experts ...

Oil-producing countries were reportedly the key obstacle to finding common ground at the gathering in South Korea.

Although the latest talks have ended without a final agreement, countries have pledged to continue talking — and that is no ...

It was meant to be the breakthrough moment in the global fight against plastic pollution. But after a roller coaster of a ...

What was supposed to be the final round of United Nations negotiations for a global plastics treaty ended without an ...