A JOINT declaration signed by 95 countries reaffirmed a shared global ambition to end plastic pollution. In line with the United Nations Environment Assembly’s Resolution 5/14 mandate, countries from ...

The treaty, spearheaded by the United Nations in March 2022, aims to address plastic waste across its full life cycle—from production to disposal—and is expected to be finalised in 2026 following ongo ...

In 2019, when the UN Environmental Assembly last gathered face-to-face in Nairobi, talks about plastic waste were stymied primarily by the United States, which opposed a binding treaty.

The treaty, spearheaded by the United Nations in March 2022, aims to address plastic waste across its full life cycle—from production to disposal—and is expected to be finalised in 2026 following ongo ...

In the 'Nice Call for an Ambitious Treaty on Plastic Pollution,' issued at the United Nations Ocean Conference, 95 countries demanded that a global target to reduce plastic production and consumption ...

“History shows that successful international environmental treaties are possible, as long as they have teeth,” says co-author ...

As jockeying around the plastics treaty heats up ahead of August negotiations, global consumer brands are making the economic ...

When you outlaw or discourage the sale of plastic bags, fewer of them end up as litter on beaches.

One of the biggest environmental crises of our times is plastic pollution. The United Nations Environment Assembly in 2022 voted to put an end to plastic pollution through a comprehensive treaty that ...

The main finding is that these plastic bag policies are effective in limiting, although not eliminating, plastic bag litter ...

A recent briefing note and press release by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), warns that without enforceable trade measures covering plastic raw materials, the global ...