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Artist drowns sculpture in plastic waste in front of the UN during 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 ...
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Indigenous communities plead for action at plastic pollution talks
Indigenous communities from North America are at talks on a global treaty on plastic pollution in Geneva, pleading the case ...
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Environment minister absent from critical plastic treaty negotiations
Many Western democracies, including France, the U.K., and Finland, sent cabinet ministers to the treaty negotiations in ...
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Participants in the negotiations on plastic pollution are determined to finalize a treaty
Delegates, experts, and stakeholders from 184 countries and 619 organizations are determined to finalize the treaty on ...
Nations gather in Geneva to again confront the world’s spiraling plastic pollution crisis
Plastic items are seen on Place des Nations in front of the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, ...
Momentum sagging at UN plastic pollution treaty talks
Talks on forging a landmark treaty to combat the scourge of plastic pollution were stumbling Saturday, with progress slow and ...
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Four days left to square the circle on global plastic pollution treaty
Countries remained at loggerheads Monday over how to tackle plastic pollution, with only four days left to craft a landmark ...
What the U.S. wants to achieve at the international plastic treaty talks
The U.S. aims to finalize text for a global agreement on plastic pollution that all countries will support, the State ...
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Stalled Geneva talks threaten landmark plastic pollution treaty
An art installation by Canadian artist, environmental activist, and photographer Benjamin Von Wong, titled ''The Thinker's Burden'' that aims to highlight the problem posed by plastic pollution as UN ...
UN treaty to end plastic pollution could result in major changes, Chicago expert says
World leaders meeting in Geneva, Switzerland​ this week have been discussing a treaty meant to end the problem of plastic ...
Will the UN finally broker a treaty to end plastic pollution?
Negotiations for a global treaty to end plastic pollution are now in overtime, and UN member states are set to meet again in ...
A Treaty to Cut Plastic Pollution Is Set for Yet Another Round of Debate
Delegates are looking to reach agreement on a plan that has faced resistance from countries including the U.S. and oil and ...