Once again, global negotiations to secure a treaty to end plastic pollution have ended without agreement, after two weeks of talks in Geneva exposed irreconcilable divisions between ...

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This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Diplomats from around the world concluded nine days of talks in Geneva — plus a marathon overnight session ...

A young Afghan child worker sorts recyclable plastic cans at a recycling yard on the outskirts of Kabul on August 5, 2025. [AFP The 184 countries gathering to forge a landmark treaty on combating ...

An Afghan worker loads plastic bottles into a sack at a recycling yard in Kabul on August 5, 2025. [AFP] Negotiations aimed at forging a global treaty on plastic pollution are being blocked by ...

With the United States blocking many of the issues that needed to be resolved at the UNEP Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, the Geneva conference ended with little results. Following 10 days of ...

GENEVA -- Negotiations on a global treaty to end plastic pollution drew to a close Thursday, as nations remain deadlocked over whether to tackle the exponential growth of plastic production. A draft ...

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 ...