More than 100 countries want the treaty to limit production as well as tackle cleanup and recycling, which is essential to ...

The fifth round of negotiations on a landmark UN plastics treaty, has ended without an agreement, marking a major setback in ...

The majority of countries appeared keen to strike a robust deal and build a legal framework to address plastic pollution.

The White House said Tuesday it is disappointing that negotiators could not strike a legally binding deal to address plastic ...

Analysis: Deep divisions, obstructions by fossil fuel-producing countries and the missing voices of campaigners and experts ...

Plastic pollution is choking the planet. From the bottom of the Mariana trench to the top of Mount Everest, there is little ...

Oil-producing countries were reportedly the key obstacle to finding common ground at the gathering in South Korea.

Although the latest talks have ended without a final agreement, countries have pledged to continue talking — and that is no ...

What was supposed to be the final round of United Nations negotiations for a global plastics treaty ended without an ...

A summit many hoped would yield a landmark treaty to tackle a global plastic pollution crisis ended in disappointment after ...

Countries have failed to reach an agreement to stem plastic pollution after a small number of oil-rich nations resisted ...

Delegates attending the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiations Committee (INC-5) in Busan, South Korea leave the ...