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

Under President Donald Trump's leadership, the United States has withdrawn from international negotiations and commitments, ...

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

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 ” ...

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

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

The United States has sent letters to at least a handful of countries urging them to reject the goal of a global pact that ...

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

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

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 ...