Indonesia equipped to act after global plastics treaty fails, say report authors
Manual waste sorting in Indonesia (image credit: Algi Febri Sugita) While global leaders failed to agree on whether to stop ...
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There is still hope for a global plastics treaty — and Canada can help lead the way
Even if the latest round of negotiations toward a global plastics treaty ended last week in Geneva without an agreement, ...
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Response to the suspension of negotiations of the global plastics treaty (INC 5.2)
Statement by Karen Wirsig, Senior Program Manager for Plastics at Environmental Defence Canada GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – While we are disappointed ...
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US at plastics treaty talks is rare international participation under Trump. What’s the goal?
Under President Donald Trump’s leadership, the United States has withdrawn from international negotiations and commitments, particularly around climate. But the ...
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Global Plastics Treaty negotiations get underway in Geneva
More than 170 countries were gathering in Geneva on 5 August to begin the final fortnight of negotiations on the ...
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Russia’s Medvedev warns enemies of ‘new reality’ as Kremlin ditches nuclear treaty
Former Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev has warned that the country's rivals now faced a “new reality” as the Kremlin formally ...
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Plastic crisis highlighted by Lancet ahead of Global Plastics Treaty
A global “plastics crisis” is costing governments and taxpayers $1.5 trillion annually as they try to cope with the escalating ...
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Top investment treaty lawyer on Trump’s tariffs as the dust settles: ‘In many respects, everybody’s a loser here’ todayheadline
President Donald Trump’s tariff onslaught this week left a lot of losers – from small, poor countries like Laos and Algeria to ...
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What are the UN negotiations on a global plastics treaty about?
Dana Kühnel is an ecotoxicologist at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Negotiations on the UN Plastics Convention start on ...
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Global Plastics Treaty negotiations to resume; plastics expert available to comment
Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat – Between August 5 ...
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