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

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

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

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

With the end of the plastics treaty talks approaching in less than a week, countries warned in a blunt public session Aug. 9 ...

Talks on forging a groundbreaking treaty to combat the scourge of plastic pollution were floundering Saturday, with progress slow and countries wildly at odds on what the proposed agreement should ...

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

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 ...

Nations must resolve the global plastics crisis, the head of UN talks told negotiators from 180 countries gathered in Geneva ...

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