GENEVA: For the first time in the global plastics treaty negotiations, India has openly opposed the inclusion of any global ...

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

Under President Donald Trump's leadership, the United States has withdrawn from international negotiations and commitments, ...

Under President Donald Trump’s leadership, the United States has withdrawn from international negotiations and commitments, ...

At the midpoint of the final round of negotiations for a UN Global Treaty to End Plastic Pollution (INC 5.2), Civil Society ...

Some business and environmental groups warned Aug. 8 that the plastics treaty talks are at risk of stalling out, and they urged negotiators to push past what some called stalling tactics from major ...

As talks aimed at finalising the first global plastics treaty continue in Geneva, mounting scientific evidence is revealing ...

Before talks could even get started, the United States sent letters to at least a handful of countries urging them to reject ...

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

Even if the jury on microplastics is still out, there is enough evidence of the harmful effects of chemical additives in plastics for the U.N. to act now.