Editorial: Delegates at UN treaty talks must not allow negotiations to be derailed again by fossil fuel interests

Professor Richard Thompson, a marine litter expert, says delegates must act decisively to ‘look next generation in the eye’

GENEVA: Nations must resolve the global plastics crisis, the head of UN talks told negotiators from 180 countries gathered in Geneva on Tuesday to forge a landmark treaty on…

Editorial: Delegates at UN treaty talks must not allow negotiations to be derailed again by fossil fuel interests

Delegates from over 180 countries began final talks to craft a global treaty on plastic pollution. 'The urgency is real, the evidence is clear – and the responsibility is on us,'…

ÉDITORIAL. Conclure un premier traité mondial contre la pollution aux plastiques s’avère crucial. Pourtant, les Etats restent divisés sur la façon de faire face à ce fléau dont…

EDITORIAL. Reaching a first-ever global treaty to tackle plastic pollution is crucial. Yet, countries remain divided on how to confront this scourge, as plastic waste devastates…

No one can contest the fact that plastic and microplastics have been found in Arctic sea ice, the bellies of whales, Earth’s atmosphere and oceans, as well as human blood vessels…