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Nations gather in Geneva to again confront the world’s spiraling plastic pollution crisis

Plastic items are seen on Place des Nations in front of the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025 before the second segment of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-5.2). (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

CBC.ca on MSN · 3d

Plastic pollution is still a problem. A UN meeting in Geneva is hoping to change that

Countries are gathering in Geneva from Aug. 5 to 14, with the hopes of passing a legally binding global agreement on plastic pollution.

Inside Climate News · 3d

Nations Meet in Geneva in a Final Push to End Plastic Pollution

U.N. negotiators have 10 days to craft a global plastic treaty. Environmental advocates say reaching an agreement to cap production is key, but industry and petrostates are pushing back.

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Yahoo · 26m

Momentum sagging at UN plastic pollution treaty talks

Talks on forging a landmark treaty to combat the scourge of plastic pollution were stumbling Saturday, with progress slow and countries wildly at odds on how far the proposed agreement should go.The negotiations,

MENAFN · 2h

UN Plastic Pollution Treaty Talks Progress Not 'Sufficient': Chair

Talks at the United Nations on forging a landmark treaty to combat the scourge of plastic pollution have made insufficient progres

CBS News on MSN · 1d

UN treaty to end plastic pollution could result in major changes, Chicago expert says

World leaders meeting in Geneva, Switzerland this week have been discussing a treaty meant to end the problem of plastic waste.

UN Environment Programme4d

Resumed fifth session of negotiations on a global plastic pollution treaty opens in Geneva

The second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally ...

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)10h

Civil society call out INC-5.2 Member States: Fix the process, keep your promise, end plastic pollution

Geneva, Switzerland (8 August 2025): Civil society organisations at INC-5.2 have come together to demand greater action as talks at an ongoing global plastic pollution summit, known as INC-5.2, teeter ...

Sustainable Brands1d

Plastic Pollution Devastating Human Health, Costing Trillions

As final global plastics treaty negotiations take place in Geneva, The Lancet elevates plastic pollution as a grave, global ...

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