South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul speaks during a plenary of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating ...

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

The UN environment chief insisted Monday that talks on a landmark plastic pollution treaty were not a failure, saying ...

Negotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution for a week in South Korea won't reach an ...

The session's chair, Luis Vayas Valdivieso, acknowledged the impasse late Sunday, stating, "a few critical issues still ...

Delegates from some countries say the new draft is too weak. Sam Adu-Kumi, lead negotiator for Ghana, said the draft is full ...

Negotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution for a week in South Korea won't reach an ...

Divisions between countries have stalled negotiations on the world's first treaty to tackle plastic pollution, after a terse ...

Global talks to forge a landmark treaty aimed at reducing plastic pollution broke down after negotiators from more than 170 ...

Negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution have concluded in Busan, South Korea without reaching an agreement.

Countries have deadlocked on a United Nations treaty on plastic pollution, according to The Associated Press. The treaty, ...

As if microplastics weren't already causing enough problems for humans and our environment, scientists have found they're now ...