Days before deadline, plastic treaty draft highlights disagreement
With just two days before negotiators are due to agree on the world's first deal to curb global plastic pollution, a new ...
Draft text gives peek into global plastic pollution treaty shaping up in Busan
On day 5 of the fifth session of the INC5, the negotiations in Busan have been marred by polarised views on plastic ...
Negotiators get closer to agreeing on a plastic pollution treaty
Negotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution have inched closer to an agreement, with ...
Fears hundreds of fossil fuel lobbyists could derail crucial plastic pollution summit
The high number of lobbyists – larger than any single national delegation including host country South Korea – has sparked fears of industry influence over a treaty that aims to curb pollution across ...
Waste pickers battle for recognition at plastic treaty talks
As diplomats negotiate behind closed doors in Busan on a treaty to curb plastic pollution, the waste pickers who are on the ...
UN plastic treaty talks push for breakthrough as deadline looms
Negotiators at the fifth round of talks aimed at securing an international treaty to curb plastic pollution were striving on ...
A tax on new plastic would slash waste – if built into the global treaty on plastics
Right now, nations are negotiating the details of a treaty designed to slash plastic waste. One option on the table: tax new plastic to discourage overproduction.
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At the final round of plastic treaty negotiations, a production cap hangs in the balance
Just a day after the conclusion of the United Nations’ annual climate conference in Azerbaijan, diplomats began convening in ...
Fifth UN plastics treaty talks mired in division as halfway point approaches
A fifth round of talks aimed at securing an international treaty to curb plastic pollution had seen slow progress as the ...
Why is a global treaty on plastic pollution dividing the world?
Plastic pollutes oceans, food, your body. Yet nations are divided over a global treaty. Why all eyes are on talks for a ...
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Plastic Pollution Is on Track To Double by 2050
Global leaders have the ability to nearly put an end to plastic pollution by 2050 through a United Nations (UN) international treaty set to be completed at a final meeting in Busan, Republic of Korea, ...
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As Plastic Treaty Talks Near, Study Shows How to Cut Waste Clogging Oceans
The treaty talks convened by the United Nations ... to actually start off on this journey to fixing the issues of plastic pollution," McCauley said. The U.S. Plastics Pact, a group representing ...