Talks on forging a groundbreaking treaty to combat the scourge of plastic pollution were floundering Saturday, with progress ...

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

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

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

Hopes for a "last-chance" ambitious global treaty to curb plastic pollution have dimmed as delegates gather this week at the ...

Lobbyists and petrostates want to avoid a strong focus on human health in the impending global treaty on plastic pollution.

They’re gearing up for a contentious week and a half, and preparing for the possibility of more deadlock — in which case ...

It’s the sixth time negotiators are meeting, with a key disagreement over whether the treaty should require cutting plastic ...

Industry groups taking the floor at the opening of global plastics treaty talks touted recycling and innovation as solutions ...

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

THE world has embarked on a serious attempt to tackle the escalating plastic pollution crisis with talks organised ...