The negotiations in Busan, South Korea, were supposed to be the fifth and final round to produce the first legally binding treaty on plastics pollution, including in the oceans, by the end of 2024.

Negotiators from around the globe are descending on Busan, South Korea, this week for a final scheduled meeting aimed at crafting a global treaty to curb plastics pollution. They have a long way ...

The red lines for countries in the plastics treaty came out in Busan, South Korea. The headlines from the just-ended talks focused on the failure to find an agreement, in what was supposed to be ...

Environment activists shout slogans during a rally calling for a strong global plastics treaty ahead of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution which ...

The fifth and intended final meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) on plastic pollution in Busan, South Korea, concluded with negotiators unable to reach a deal on a new ...

The negotiations in Busan, South Korea, were supposed to be the fifth and final round to produce the first legally binding treaty on plastics pollution, including in the oceans, by the end of 2024.

D elegates from more than 170 nations are gathered in Busan this week to hammer out the details of what could become the world’s first treaty paving the path to end plastic pollution.

On Oct. 21, the Business Coalition for a Global Plastics Treaty announced it had signed the Bridge to Busan, a position statement from 40 nations and the European Union that favors reaching ...

Over 100 countries want an ambitious plastics treaty. Oil-producing nations are getting in the way. “If it wasn’t for Saudi and Russia we would have reached an agreement here.” ...

Negotiators at a U.N. plastic pollution summit in Busan, South Korea are pushing for a legally binding treaty that would set global plastic production reduction targets.

Delegates from 175 countries are expected from November 25 to December 1 in Busan, South Korea, to finalize a global ... On the other side are the oil-producing countries, for whom plastics, ...

Plastic pollution is no longer just an environmental issue – it is a health crisis and a significant driver of the climate crisis ...