Plastic Pollution

Rather than just reusing and recycling ever-growing mountains of plastic waste, it’s essential to tackle the problem at the source Delegates from more than 175 countries are in Busan, South Korea, this week to hammer out an environmental deal described as the most significant since the Paris Agreement. This is…

What happened The United Nations–sponsored COP29 climate talks ended in Baku, Azerbaijan, Sunday with approval of a deal to provide $300 billion a year to fight climate change, focused on helping poorer countries manage the rise in global temperatures. Negotiators gather Monday in Busan, South Korea, to work on hammering…

As final negotiations for an international plastics treaty get underway this week in Busan, South Korea, scientists warn that the global plastics crisis is far more dangerous than previously thought. In a research article published in November, an international group of researchers found that plastics pollution is helping to destabilize…

Delegates from 175 countries are set to finalise a new treaty aimed at tackling plastic pollution, with opposition from fossil fuel-producing countries Little more than a day after the gavel came down on the climate summit in Baku, the global diplomacy tour has stopped off in Busan. Delegates from 175…

A last round of negotiations on a legally binding treaty to address the global scourge of plastic pollution has opened in Busan, South Korea. Here’s what to know about it: Nations are deciding what actions they’ll take National delegations still have a lot to hammer out before there is a…

As delegates from 175 countries gathered in Busan, South Korea, on Monday for the fifth round of talks aimed at securing an international treaty to curb plastic pollution, lingering divisions cast doubts on whether a final agreement is in sight. South Korea is hosting the fifth and ostensibly final U.N.…

Published 15:02 IST, November 25th 2024 Global plastics production is set to reach 736 million tons by 2040, up 70% from 2020, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Follow: What to know about the plastic pollution treaty talks in South Korea | Image: AP A last round…

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Author of the article: Associated Press Jennifer Mcdermott Published Nov 24, 2024  •  4 minute read Activists gather in the grounds outside BEXCO, the venue for the fifth session of the UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-5), in Busan, South Korea, on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. Photo by…

Plastic pollution litters our seas, our air and even our bodies, but negotiators face an uphill battle next week to agree on the world's first treaty aimed at ending the problem. Countries will have a week in South Korea's Busan from Monday to round off two years of negotiations. They…