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Negotiators fail to reach an agreement on a plastic pollution treaty. Talks to resume next year

Negotiators failed to reach an agreement on a global treaty to curb plastic pollution, with over 100 nations wanting to cap production.
The fifth UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee meeting aimed for a legally binding treaty but only postponed decisions.
The talks will resume next year, as plastic production is expected to triple by 2050.

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The World's Plastic Pollution Talks Were A Major Flop – Why?

The failure is bad news for the planet, but good news for fossil fuel companies.

4 months ago

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Washington Times

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White House: U.S. will redouble plastics-pollution effort after deal failure at Busan

The White House said Tuesday it is disappointing that negotiators could not strike a legally binding deal to address plastic pollution during a high-profile summit in South Korea.

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Plastic treaty talks collapse posing a major setback against pollution

Despite the overwhelming problem of plastic pollution, hundreds of nations could not come to an agreement yet

4 months ago·San Francisco, United States

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Latin Times

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US 'Disappointed' After Plastic Pollution Talks Collapse: White House

Delegates from nearly 200 nations debated for a week in South Korea on how to stop millions of tonnes of plastic waste from entering the environment each year.

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The Corporate Push to End Plastics

Confidence in the United Nations’ ability to find cooperative solutions to some of humanity’s biggest threats took another walloping this weekend when negotiators left the fifth and final UN plastic pollution treaty talks in Busan, South Korea, with no deal. A planet-wide agreement on curbing plastic pollution was always going to be a big ask. Lacking the existential drama that undergirds the annual climate change conference, the Intergovernment…

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The existential threat of plastic pollution

General Introduction: Negotiations on a UN treaty to end plastic pollution concluded in Busan, South Korea Monday without reaching an agreement. This was 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. Countries debated whether to tackle the exponential growth of plastic production and whether to limit the amount of plastic companies are all…

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