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Soap, wristbands and scaling the UN: People get creative during final plastic pollution treaty talks

A Swiss ocean protection group is handing out bars of soap to negotiators working on a global accord to end plastic pollution ...

Groups seek to influence plastic pollution treaty talks at the UN as negotiations wind down

The biggest issue at the talks is whether the treaty should impose caps on producing new plastic or focus instead on things ...

Microplastics found in Geneva’s air where negotiations continue for a global plastics treaty

Microplastics found in Geneva’s air where negotiations continue for a global plastics treatyMarc Meier/Greenpeace ...
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The art of a plastics treaty: How sculptures, collages, and poetry have influenced global talks

As countries try to find agreement on plastic pollution, creative interventions are turning heads — and turning the ...
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US, other fossil fuel producers try to weaken plastics treaty

Two days remain in the latest — and maybe last — international effort to halt plastic pollution, including planet-warming ...

Pakistan builds regional consensus at Geneva Plastics Treaty Talks

Pakistan is intensifying diplomatic efforts to secure a fair and effective global agreement on plastic pollution, engaging regional ...
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Plastic pollution is toxic and everywhere. Now, legal experts say it’s a human rights violation.

The draft of the treaty that negotiators began working on last week mentioned human rights at least twice. But the text didn’t go far enough, according to legal experts, and now, at the second part of ...

Plastic treaty talks nearing collapse as nations remain deadlocked on production

Plastic treaty talks nearing collapse as nations remain deadlocked on production - Environmental organisations warn that without urgent compromises the session could fail to produce a treaty capable o ...