The world currently produces over 450mn tonnes of plastic annually ... a requirement under UN rules for binding agreements – was unattainable. The collapse of the talks was described by Panama ...

The UN environment chief insisted Monday that talks on a landmark plastic pollution treaty were not a failure, saying important progress was made despite negotiations collapsing without agreement.

The fifth UN Intergovern­mental Negotiating Committee ... an agreement made last year during the second round of talks in Paris. Plastic production is on track to triple by 2050, and ...

BUSAN, South Korea — With mere hours to go until global plastic treaty talks are meant to wrap up, negotiations are starting to crumble. Many delegates are settling in for an extra round of talks at a ...

and plastic pollution. A quarter of today’s 8 billion world population already face hunger. The number of hungry and desperate will keep rising if UN talks continue to fail. Where will they go?

A UN envoy on Saturday urged foreign powers to work to avoid a collapse of vital Syrian institutions ... Top Arab, Turkish, EU and US diplomats are holding talks in the Jordanian Red Sea resort ...

In Aqaba, UN envoy Geir Pedersen urged international cooperation to prevent the collapse of Syrian institutions ... EU and US diplomats are holding talks in the Jordanian Red Sea resort city ...