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What’s at stake in global treaty talks in Geneva

Medical Xpress on MSN · 2h

Plastics and human health: What's at stake in the global treaty talks in Geneva

Plastics are everywhere—they're even in you right now—and are making many of us sick. Now, global negotiators are fighting over whether that matters.

Dhaka Tribune · 52m

Can a global treaty solve the plastics crisis?

After a failed attempt to finalize a global plastics treaty last year in Busan, South Korea, representatives from 170 countries began meeting in Geneva yesterday to negotiate a binding agreement on reducing plastic waste.

Global plastic treaty talks open in Geneva amid urgent calls for action

Delegates from around the world are gathering in Geneva for a critical round of negotiations aimed at securing the first global treaty to curb the mounting plastic pollution crisis.

Nations meet in Geneva

The Associated Press - Busines… · 18h

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

Talks last year in South Korea were supposed to be the final round, but they adjourned in December at an impasse over cutting production. Every year, the world makes more than 400 million tons of new plastic, and that could grow by about 70% by 2040 without policy changes.

Nations meet in Geneva as plastic pollution crisis nears breaking point

World leaders are in Geneva this week trying to hammer out the world’s first legally binding treaty to tackle the plastic pollution crisis. But a major divide remains: Should we cap how much plastic the world produces or simply manage the waste better?

CBC on MSN · 7h

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.

1hon MSN

Exclusive: Trump administration memo urges countries to reject plastic production caps in UN Treaty

The United States has sent letters to at least a handful of countries urging them to reject the goal of a global pact that ...

Plastics News23h

Plastics treaty talks open in Geneva with industry touting recycling, activists warning of health risks

Industry groups taking the floor at the opening of global plastics treaty talks touted recycling and innovation as solutions ...

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