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

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 ...

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

Plastic pollution is choking the planet. From the bottom of the Mariana trench to the top of Mount Everest, there is little ...

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

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 ...

Negotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution for a week in South Korea won't reach an ...

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

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

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