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

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 ...

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

Lobbyists and influence peddlers for plastic makers were the largest single delegation at the negotiations, according to an ...

Over 100 nations wanted to cap production while a handful of oil producers were prepared only to target plastic waste.

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 ...