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UN plastic talks collapse as countries fail to agree targets Updated / Monday, 2 Dec 2024 04:09 Executive Director of UNEP, Inger Andersen, speaks during the opening of the talks ...

The UN environment chief insisted that talks on a landmark plastic pollution treaty were not a failure, saying important progress was made despite negotiations collapsing without agreement. "It ...

UN plastic talks collapse as countries fail to agree targets. Joyce Lee and Valerie Volcovici. December 1, 2024 at 11:12 AM. Copied; By Joyce Lee and Valerie Volcovici.

The UN environment chief said that 200 countries who attended a week of talks to negotiate a landmark plastic treaty to curb pollution made "very good progress" despite falling to sign an agreement.

UN talks to secure the world's first treaty to combat plastic pollution collapse By COLIN FERNANDEZ Published: 19:36 EDT, 2 December 2024 | Updated: 20:48 EDT, 2 December 2024 ...

UN plastic talks collapse as countries fail to agree targets Sunday, December 01, 2024 A man carries plastic bottles on his head at the Kitezi landfill in Wakiso District on November 30, 2024.

The UN environment chief insisted Monday that talks on a landmark plastic pollution treaty were not a failure, saying important progress was made despite negotiations collapsing without agreement.

Nearly 200 countries spent a week locked in negotiations in Busan, South Korea , from November 25 with the goal of agreeing the first global treaty to curb plastic pollution.

The UN environment chief insisted Monday that talks on a landmark plastic pollution treaty were not a failure, saying important progress was made despite negotiations collapsing without agreement.