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Groups seek to influence plastic pollution treaty talks at the UN as negotiations wind down
Most were from organizations that are part of the Break Free From Plastic movement. They said they wanted their voices to be ...
Global plastic treaty talks are ‘difficult', European commissioner says
Negotiations to debate the terms of a global treaty to curb plastic pollution are proving difficult, the European Union ...
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Resumed fifth session of negotiations on a global plastic pollution treaty opens in Geneva
The second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally ...
Oil states push recycling over cuts as plastic treaty talks enter crunch phase
As 180 countries carry on talks in Geneva to finalise a global treaty on plastic pollution, oil-producing nations – backed by ...
Microplastics detected in Geneva during global plastics negotiations
Microplastics detected in Geneva during global plastics negotiations - Air sampling in the Swiss city this week detected ...
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The art of a plastics treaty: How sculptures, collages, and poetry have influenced global talks
As countries try to find agreement on plastic pollution, creative interventions are turning heads — and turning the conversation to health harms, fossil fuels, and false solutions.
Artist covers sculpture in plastic garbage at U.N. plastic pollution treaty talks
As nations began a second week of negotiations Monday for a global accord to end plastic pollution, an artist heaped piles of ...
Global plastic treaty talks open in Geneva amid urgent calls for action
Delegates from around the world are gathering in Geneva for a critical round of negotiations aimed at securing the first ...
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Stalled Geneva talks threaten landmark plastic pollution treaty
The first week of talks in Geneva fell behind schedule, producing no clear text as countries remained split on step one: the ...
Global plastics treaty talks resume in Geneva: Is this the ‘world’s last chance’ to act?
Campaigners say that industry lobbyists must be banned from the talks to secure a meaningful outcome. View on euronews ...
Geneva meeting to try and finish global plastics treaty kicks off
It’s the sixth time negotiators are meeting, with a key disagreement over whether the treaty should require cutting plastic ...
US at plastics treaty talks is rare international participation under Trump. What’s the goal?
Hours after he was sworn in to a second term, Trump pulled the U.S. out of the landmark Paris agreement to combat global ...