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 ...

“A treaty like this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” said John Hocevar, Greenpeace’s oceans campaign director. “Just a few years ago, it was hard to imagine that the whole world would ...

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.

The use of plastics has quadrupled over the past 30 years. Plastic is ubiquitous. And every day, the equivalent of 2,000 garbage trucks full of plastic are dumped into the world’s oceans, rivers ...

Fresh from Busan, South Korea, assistant managing editor Steve Toloken talks about the latest round of global plastics treaty talks held by the United Nations Environment Programme. Although an ...

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 ...

Plastics are laced with over 3,000 chemicals, many of which pose serious risks to human health and the environment. ... as Asia climate correspondent Stuti Mishra explains from Busan, ...

BUSAN, South Korea — Global talks to forge a landmark treaty aimed at reducing plastic pollution broke down after negotiators from more than 170 countries remained deadlocked over how to curb ...

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 ...

BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA — The world’s nations will wrap up negotiating a treaty this weekend to address the global plastic pollution crisis. Their meeting is scheduled to conclude Sunday or early ...

A display board shows a call for a reduction in plastic production during the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution, at a taxi station in Busan, South ...