The world currently produces over 450mn tonnes of plastic annually ... a requirement under UN rules for binding agreements – was unattainable. The collapse of the talks was described by Panama ...

The UN environment chief insisted Monday that talks on a landmark plastic pollution treaty were not a failure, saying important progress was made despite negotiations collapsing without agreement.

The fifth UN Intergovern­mental Negotiating Committee ... an agreement made last year during the second round of talks in Paris. Plastic production is on track to triple by 2050, and ...

BUSAN, South Korea — With mere hours to go until global plastic treaty talks are meant to wrap up, negotiations are starting to crumble. Many delegates are settling in for an extra round of talks at a ...

said of the talks' collapse: "Disappointingly, consensus among all nations remains elusive, which further delays critical action to end plastic pollution. "It also fails to deliver the certainty ...

While countries failed to reach an agreement on capping the production of plastic, they did agree to continue talks in 2025. “As we look ahead to 2025, and navigate what an INC 5.2 could look ...

Negotiations to draft a legally binding treaty to tackle the global plastic pollution crisis have ended without ... refused to accept a draft proposal released by the chair of the UN talks which was ...

"What we do have is very, very good progress," Andersen, the head of the UN Environment ... used to make plastic. The disagreement stymied progress through four rounds of talks preceding Busan ...