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Plastic pollution treaty talks in Geneva end without an agreement

Nations were meeting for an 11th day at the United Nations office in Geneva to try to complete a landmark treaty to end the ...

Talks on landmark plastic pollution treaty end without an agreement

Negotiators working on a landmark treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution failed to reach an agreement ...

UN plastic pollution talks end in ‘abject failure’ as negotiators reject draft treaties

Despite three years of negotiations, delegates failed to agree on whether it should stop the growth of plastic production and ...

Plastic pollution treaty stalled as Geneva talks end without deal

By Emma Farge and Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -Delegates discussing the world's first legally binding treaty to ...

A treaty to end plastic pollution is still out of reach — that’s not necessarily a bad thing

The nations of the world have been on the precipice of reaching a global agreement to curb plastic pollution for a few years ...

Landmark plastic talks collapse with the U.S. opposing key production limits

The multiyear attempt to curb global plastic pollution is at an impasse, with the U.S. set against the production limits that ...

Failure of talks for plastic treaty turn focus back to reduce, reuse, recycle. How’s that going?

Global talks to slash plastic production and the toxic chemicals used to produce plastic products fell apart in Geneva this ...
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Plastic pollution treaty talks adjourn, but countries want to ‘remain at the table’: UNEP chief

The international push for consensus on a legally binding deal to end plastic pollution proved beyond the grasp of weary UN ...

Failed plastics negotiations in Geneva leave world few options to confront growing pollution crisis

Talks on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution in Geneva ended without an agreement Friday ...

Plastic pollution talks collapse as oil states oppose treaty

Negotiations over a global plastic pollution treaty collapsed Friday as countries failed to bridge wide gaps on whether the world should limit plastic manufacturing and restrict the use of harmful ...