Negotiations in South Korea for a global treaty on plastic waste stalemated over limits on plastic production and the ...

Oil-rich nations like Saudi Arabia strongly oppose efforts to reduce plastic production and use procedural tactics to delay ...

The meeting was the last stage in a two-year process, after more than 170 nations in March 2022 backed a historic UN ...

Lobbyists and influence peddlers for plastic makers were the largest single delegation at the negotiations, according to an ...

Negotiators aim to reconvene the talks next year. Observers say oil-producing nations led by Saudi Arabia and Russia had ...

During the late-night meeting, countries supportive of legal obligations to cut plastic pollution refused to accept a treaty ...

The global plastics treaty, drafted by the United Nations Environmental Assembly, is crucial for future environmental goals. After concluding negotiations in Busan, South Korea, on Sunday, UN ...

Oil-producing nations, particularly Saudi Arabia and Russia, have blocked a UN-backed treaty to curb plastic pollution, ...

Majority of Member States on the Side of Ambition Busan, South Korea  – As time ran out for negotiators to clinch a strong ...

Concessions to petrochemical-aligned states and the exclusion of civil society voices from key talks have cast doubt on the ...

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Greenpeace has been urging governments to resist fossil fuel and petrochemical industry “interference” in discussions to cut ...