At the halfway point of the resumed fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2) in Geneva to deve ...

Plastic items are seen on Place des Nations in front of the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, ...

The talks are mandated to look at the full life cycle of plastic, from production to pollution, but some countries are ...

Procedural rules for the plastics treaty negotiations say that, for substantive issues, delegates “ shall make every effort ” ...

Delegates from around the world are gathering in Geneva for a critical round of negotiations aimed at securing the first ...

Hours after he was sworn in to a second term, Trump pulled the U.S. out of the landmark Paris agreement to combat global ...

No matter how the plastics treaty talks in Geneva conclude in the next week — deal or no deal, far-reaching accord or ...

Plastics are everywhere—they're even in you right now—and are making many of us sick. Now, global negotiators are fighting ...

The United States has sent letters to at least a handful of countries urging them to reject the goal of a global pact that ...

Plastics made from petrochemicals account for more CO2 emissions than does aviation, making treaty talks underway this week an opportunity for climate action.

World leaders are in Geneva this week trying to hammer out the world’s first legally binding treaty to tackle the plastic ...

Campaigners say that industry lobbyists must be banned from the talks to secure a meaningful outcome. View on euronews ...