Move by largest donor to environment programme poses further uncertainty for already troubled negotiations ...

GENEVA (AP) — Environmentalists and Indigenous leaders held signs Tuesday in front of the United Nations buildings in Geneva, where talks for a global accord to end plastic pollution are taking place, ...

Negotiators working on a treaty to address global plastic pollution discussed a new draft of the text Wednesday that wouldn’t limit plastic production or address chemicals used in plastic products.

Negotiations on a global treaty to end plastic pollution will draw to a close Friday, as nations remain deadlocked over whether to tackle the exponential growth of plastic production. A new draft of ...

GENEVA, Switzerland, August 20, 2025 (ENS) – “Ultimately, I have heard from every country here in this room that you want to end plastic pollution. You want a deal,” Inger Andersen, head of the United ...

Career diplomat Julio Cordano was elected by countries meeting in Geneva following a drawn-out battle. Countries on Saturday elected Chile’s COP climate summit chief negotiator to drive forward ...

The UN’s environment chief insists that a landmark global treaty tackling plastic pollution remains achievable. The UN’s environment chief insists that a landmark global treaty tackling plastic ...

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The global effort to craft a legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution has entered a decisive new phase, with the United Nations Environment Programme (UN ...

Earlier this month, more than 2,600 international negotiators and industry delegates descended on the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, to finalise the long-awaited Global Plastics Treaty.