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

At the halfway point of the resumed fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2) in Geneva to deve ...

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

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

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

No matter how the plastics treaty talks in Geneva conclude in the next week — deal or no deal, far-reaching accord or ...

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

Plastics are everywhere—they're even in you right now—and are making many of us sick. Now, global negotiators are fighting ...

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

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

Plastics made from petrochemicals account for more CO2 emissions than does aviation, making treaty talks underway this week an opportunity for climate action.

Campaigners say that industry lobbyists must be banned from the talks to secure a meaningful outcome. View on euronews ...