'Abject failure': Talks on landmark plastics treaty end in Geneva with no agreement
Nations have said they are deeply disappointed to be leaving Geneva without a treaty
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New Compromise But Still No Deal At Plastic Pollution Talks
Countries trying to break the deadlock and strike a landmark global treaty on combating plastic pollution negotiated through the night into Friday on a last-minute revised proposal.
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New compromise but still no deal at plastic pollution talks
Countries trying to break the deadlock and strike a landmark global treaty on combating plastic pollution negotiated through the night into Friday on a last-minute revised proposal.
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UN plastic pollution talks near collapse after draft text backlash
Negotiators working on a global deal to curb plastic pollution had only hours left on Thursday to rescue the process after talks collapsed into disarray.
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Global plastics treaty talks stall as nations divided over limiting production
Nations remain divided on how to curb plastic production, threatening progress on a landmark global pollution agreement.
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Last Chance Saloon For Global Plastic Pollution Treaty
Negotiators trying to secure a global agreement on tackling the scourge of plastic pollution have less than 24 hours to salvage a deal on Thursday after the talks plunged into total disarray.
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The canary in the concrete jungle: how polluted towns make sparrows frail, anxious and old before their time
Living in cities exposes people to all sorts of chemical pollutants. Many are harmful even at low concentrations. But it is hard to know what the risks and consequences might be.
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Talks stall on world’s first plastic pollution treaty one day before deadline
Almost 100 countries reject draft treaty as ‘unambitious’ and ‘inadequate’
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Plastic Pollution Treaty Talks In Disarray
Attempts to finalise a landmark treaty combating plastic pollution descended into disarray on the penultimate day on Wednesday as dozens of countries rejected outright the latest draft text, leaving the talks in limbo.
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How a global plastic treaty could cut down pollution – if the world can agree one
The “Paris agreement for plastic” was set to be finalised at the end of this week.
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