Vested interests and a flawed system: Why talks to agree historic treaty against plastic pollution collapsed
A week of tense negotiations to draft a legally binding treaty combating global plastic pollution ended in failure on Sunday ...
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COP29: Nigeria joins global south to reject $300bn climate pledge, reasons emerge
COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, ended in turmoil as Nigeria, alongside India, Malawi, and others, rejected a ...
Saudi Arabia hosts Cop16 to combat desertification crisis
Saudi Arabia is hosting the United Nations Cop16 conference on desertification this week, with the world's top oil exporter ...
'Never any consensus': UN plastics conference fails to yield treaty
Oil-rich nations like Saudi Arabia strongly oppose efforts to reduce plastic production and use procedural tactics to delay ...
Nations Fail to Reach an Agreement on Plastic Pollution
Diplomats at a United Nations conference in Busan, South Korea, failed to reach agreement on the world’s first treaty to ...
Plastic treaty talks draw to a close with production limits still under debate
Negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution are drawing to a close as nations continue debating whether part of that ...
Battle over curbing plastic output jeopardises UN treaty hopes
Negotiators aiming for an international treaty to curb plastic pollution are set for fierce debate on the last day of ...
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How COP29 Came Close to Collapse, as Developed and Developing Nations Clashed Under the Weak Azerbaijanis
Climate analyst Alden Meyer says the annual climate talks did little to alter the world’s path to warming at 2.5 to 3 degrees ...
What to know about the plastic pollution crisis as treaty talks conclude in South Korea
The world’s nations will wrap up negotiating a treaty this weekend to address the global crisis of plastic pollution ...
UN climate talks face a credibility crisis as countries disengage
In Baku, Azerbaijan, the so-called "finance COP" was a disappointment. Now, the UN's framework convention on climate change ...
UN climate negotiations end on shaky geopolitical ground, but I see reasons for hope
National leaders may be struggling to agree, but businesses see the economic benefits of clean energy, states are cutting emissions, and people everywhere are more cognizant of their actions.