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

The first legally binding treaty to combat plastic pollution failed at a U.N. summit after oil-producing nations opposed ...

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 ...

Countries negotiating the treaty have agreed to meet again in 2025, with issues of production caps, program funding and ...

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

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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 ...

Countries have failed to reach an agreement to stem plastic pollution after a small number of oil-rich nations resisted ...