Negotiations on a plastic pollution accord are drawing to a close Sunday, as nations continue debating whether to tackle the ...

The world’s nations will wrap up negotiating a treaty this weekend to address the global crisis of plastic pollution.

The current text excludes key demands, including a binding limit on plastic production and a ban on dangerous additives.

The chairman of talks aiming for an international treaty to rein in pollution from plastics issued a document on Friday ...

More than 85 nations, including all 27 members of the European Union, are making a last-minute push to include caps on ...

South Korea, despite its key position as the host nation of the fifth INC, has maintained an ambiguous stance on reducing ...

The global production of plastic has reached almost half a billion tonnes each year, more than double the amount produced 20 ...

A fifth round of talks aimed at securing an international treaty to curb plastic pollution had seen slow progress as the ...

By Valerie Volcovici and Joyce Lee BUSAN/BAKU (Reuters) -As delegates from 175 countries gathered in Busan, South Korea on ...

The hoped-for treaty to come out of these talks could be the most significant deal relating to environmental protection as ...

Delegates from more than 170 countries are working to salvage a treaty that would tackle the growing problem of plastic ...