A gathering of more than 200 nations that convened to reach a landmark agreement on ending plastic pollution broke down on Monday without achieving its goal. The talks in Busan, South Korea, collapsed ...
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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Delegates from more than 170 countries huddled for a week of marathon negotiations but came up short on delivering a treaty.
It’s easy to blame OPEC and its allies, which act as wreckers on environment deals. It’s harder to do the work at home to ...
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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 ...
A young Indonesian teenage climate activist expressed disappointment on Monday (December 2) after countries negotiating a ...
Countries have failed to reach an agreement to stem plastic pollution after a small number of oil-rich nations resisted ...
The fifth session of negotiations on a historic, legally binding global plastic pollution treaty concluded on Sunday, with ...