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Failed plastics negotiations in Geneva leave world few options to confront growing pollution crisis

Talks on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution in Geneva ended without an agreement Friday ...

U.N. global plastics pollution summit ends without agreement in Geneva

International negotiations to end plastic pollution involving more than 180 countries in Switzerland fell apart after ...

Failure of talks for plastic treaty turn focus back to reduce, reuse, recycle. How’s that going?

Global talks to slash plastic production and the toxic chemicals used to produce plastic products fell apart in Geneva this ...

Geneva makes public transport temporarily free to combat pollution spike

Public transport will be temporarily free of charge in Geneva, in a first for Switzerland, as part of a series of measures ...

Countries deadlocked on plastic production and chemicals as talks on a global treaty draw to a close

Negotiations on a global treaty to end plastic pollution will draw to a close Friday. Nations remain deadlocked over whether ...

Soap, wristbands and scaling the UN: People get creative during final plastic pollution treaty talks

Benjamin Von Wong, a Canadian artist and activist, is heaping piles of plastic waste onto a large sculpture in front of the U ...

‘Don’t Delude Yourselves’: Why Trump’s Summit in Alaska Cannot End Putin’s War in Ukraine

As Trump meets Putin in Alaska, Eric Green, who helped organize Biden’s 2021 summit, says Russia’s goals in Ukraine remain ...

Switzerland Asks Whether Its Famed Neutrality Is Fit for the Modern World

Trump’s tariffs force the home of Davos to consider appealing to the U.S. or forming closer ties with the EU.