Oil-producing countries were reportedly the key obstacle to finding common ground at the gathering in South Korea.

Plastic pollution is choking the planet. From the bottom of the Mariana trench to the top of Mount Everest, there is little ...

The negotiations in Busan, South Korea, were supposed to be the fifth and final round to produce the first legally binding ...

What was supposed to be the final round of United Nations negotiations for a global plastics treaty ended without an ...

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

Delegates from more than 170 countries attempting to negotiate a treaty to curb global plastic pollution ended a weeklong ...

International negotiations to create a legally binding treaty to stem the tide of plastic pollution ended in a stalemate on ...

Countries have failed to reach an agreement to stem plastic pollution after a small number of oil-rich nations resisted ...

Delegates attending the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiations Committee (INC-5) in Busan, South Korea leave the ...

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

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

Countries told they can't afford to miss the opportunity to tackle plastic pollution next year - but can they resolve a sharp ...