Lobbyists and influence peddlers for plastic makers were the largest single delegation at the negotiations, according to an ...

Delegates from more than 170 countries attempting to negotiate a treaty to curb global plastic pollution ended a weeklong ...

North Korea, Russia, and China often inhabit the same position in the headspaces of NATO nations as the United Bloc against ...

There is an impasse over whether the treaty should reduce the total plastic on Earth and put global, legally binding controls ...

Countries negotiating the treaty have agreed to meet again in 2025, with issues of production caps, program funding and ...

Oil-rich nations like Saudi Arabia strongly oppose efforts to reduce plastic production and use procedural tactics to delay ...

It’s easy to blame OPEC and its allies, which act as wreckers on environment deals. It’s harder to do the work at home to ...

An analysis by the Centre for International Environmental Law (CIEL) found that 220 lobbyists had registered for INC-5.

Negotiations in South Korea for a global treaty on plastic waste stalemated over limits on plastic production and the ...

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

A woman holds a sign during a rally to demand stronger global commitments to fight plastic waste at the fifth session of the ...

EU policy often amounts to a softer echo of the United States’ failing pressure approach. It’s time for a change.