Plastic Pollution

BUSAN, South Korea -- The world’s nations will wrap up negotiating a treaty this weekend to address the global plastic pollution crisis. Their meeting concludes Sunday (December 1, 2024) or early Monday (December 2) in Busan, South Korea, where many environmental organizations have also flocked to push for a treaty…

THE Department of Science and Technology said the Philippines was chosen to host the first International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International Conference on Nuclear Technology for Controlling Plastic Pollution (Nutec Plastics) in November 2025. "Plastic pollution is a major global concern that necessitates global solutions. Nuclear applications can provide one…

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BUSAN - Diplomats warned Saturday that a majority of countries could walk away from talks on the world's first plastic pollution agreement if a handful of delegations continue resisting calls to compromise. Nearly 200 countries are in South Korea's Busan for negotiations on a deal to curb plastic pollution. But…

Diplomats from high-ambition countries urge petrostates to compromise as latest draft text for a global treaty to end plastic pollution leaves all to play for As the plastics talks staggered towards a close without a deal on a new global treaty in sight on Friday, Juan Carlos Monterrey Gómez had…

LONDON: A Jewish charity in London has been given an official warning after it campaigned to raise money for an Israeli soldier. The Charity Commission, which regulates charities in England and Wales, said the Chabad Lubavitch Centres North East London and Essex acted “outside of its purposes” by fundraising for…

The fund would offer grants— not loans— to make the transition to eco-friendly technologies and practices in developing nations easy. It has been modelled after the fund that successfully addressed ozone depletion read more Climate activists march on a street to demand stronger global commitments to fight plastic waste. Image…

Just a day after the conclusion of the United Nations’ annual climate conference in Azerbaijan, diplomats began convening in Busan, South Korea, for a separate bout of discussions — this time over plastics. The fifth and potentially final round of negotiations over a global plastics treaty began on Monday, with hopes…

New Delhi: India on Wednesday proposed a multilateral fund for a new international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution. India's proposal came at the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) in Busan, South Korea for implementation of the Montreal Protocol.  According to UNEP, every day, the equivalent of…

SEOUL —  What on earth to do about all the plastic polluting the oceans, the food supply, even our bodies? That is the question that the delegates from 175 countries are trying to answer this week in Busan, South Korea, where the fifth and final round of negotiations are underway for…