The global plastics treaty can fight climate change — if it reduces plastic production A new report says a 75 percent cut in plastics is needed to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Countries are meeting in South Korea this week to hash out the final details of a global treaty aimed at eliminating plastic pollution — here's what experts say it needs to include ...

The Biden administration supports the global goal to cut plastic production. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images/File) With the U.S. as one of the world's biggest plastic makers, ...

While scaling-up global recycling is critical to tackling plastic waste, these efforts will not prevent plastic pollution from continuing to skyrocket without constraints on production, a landmark ...

As global plastic production has ramped up in the last 20 years, so too has the concentration of these shredded, fossil fuel-derived polymers in human tissue samples.

In it, a cap on production was an essential element alongside 15 other global policy measures which could cut annual mismanaged plastic waste by 90% and virgin plastic use by 30% yearly by 2040 ...

The U.S. will support a global goal to cut plastic production, a change from its earlier support for leaving it up to each country. The shift in U.S. policy was first reported by Reuters. State ...

These were the words of French President Emmanuel Macron to the negotiators from 175 countries who convened for the Global Plastic Treaty discussions this month. Left unchecked, plastic production ...

Because the manufacturing, use, and disposal of plastics contribute to climate change, experts at the nonprofit Pacific Environment have found that the treaty must cut plastic production by 75 ...

Earth Day is coming up this weekend! This year, the global focus is on correcting a huge environmental problem - plastic pollution. Each year, humans produce 400 million tons of plastic and much ...

BUSAN, South Korea − Countries negotiating a global treaty to curb plastic pollution failed to reach an agreement late Sunday, with more than 100 nations seeking to cap production while a ...

It calls for the diplomats involved in the plastic talks to adopt a Paris Agreement-style target of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), and says that doing so ...