The UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee Treaty (INC-5) negotiations in Busan, South Korea (2 December 2024), aimed to reach a binding global treaty to combat plastic pollution. This would ...

United Nations officials say they are considering Geneva, Switzerland, for the next round of plastics treaty talks.

Negotiations on the UN plastic treaty will continue this year, but the date and location are still not set. The reelection of Donald J. Trump complicates US involvement in the plastics treaty.

The European Parliament held a plenary discussion last week about the breakdown of talks on the UN Global Plastics Treaty in late 2024. Magnus Brunner, European Commissioner for Internal Affairs and ...

Late last year, global talks to establish the world’s first treaty on plastic pollution failed to reach an agreement. edie speaks with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Carsten Wachholz to explore how ...

Two years ago, the United Nations Environment Assembly – the annual meeting of environmental leaders ... Given time, I suspect that the Global Plastic Treaty will be established, checks and balances ...

“We will keep pushing for a treaty that caps plastic production and prioritizes health ... Simone Galimberti writes about the SDGs, youth-centered policy-making and a stronger and better United ...

A global coalition of scientists is still working to realise a “once in a life-time opportunity” to address the plastics crisis after a stalemate prevented progress during the United Nations Global ...

Our time in Busan confirmed that the two-year fast track for a global plastics treaty was too aggressive—unsurprising when ...

The Philippines joins other ASEAN neighbors in this initiative to combat plastic pollution in the country and prepare for the global plastic treaty ...

Then all hope was resting on a successful conclusion of the 5th and final round of negotiations held in Busan to reduce plastic pollutions ... get on board with what UN Environment Programme ...