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UN talks fail to get agreement for treaty on plastic pollution following opposition from the US
The Irish Times
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Countries failed to agree on the world’s first legally binding treaty on plastic pollution in a final round of UN talks after three years of negotiations, dealing a blow to multilateral decision-making marked by the resistance of the US. While the...
Landmark plastics treaty falls apart as nations fail to find consensus for pollution
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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August 15, 2025
Talks aimed at striking a landmark global treaty on plastic pollution have ended without agreement as countries failed to find consensus on how the world should tackle the ever-growing scourge. Negotiators from 185 nations worked beyond Thursday's...
Climate crisis driving rise in dengue fever outbreaks across Pacific
Samoa News
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August 13, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As dengue fever infections hit their highest level in a decade and several countries declare emergencies, the climate crisis is driving a sharp rise in dengue fever cases across the Pacific islands, experts say. Pacific...
Failed plastics treaty talks leave no clear path to address growing pollution problem
The Globe and Mail
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August 15, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Nations remain deadlocked over whether the global plastics treaty should reduce exponential growth of plastic production and put controls on toxic chemicals used to make plastics.Martial Trezzini/The Associated Press...
World plastic pollution treaty talks collapse
Punch
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August 15, 2025
Talks aimed at striking a landmark global treaty on plastic pollution fell apart Friday without agreement, as countries failed to find consensus on how the world should tackle the ever-growing scourge. Negotiators from 185 nations worked beyond...
No agreement reached on a plastic pollution treaty in Geneva
Imperial Valley Press - California
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GENEVA (AP) — Negotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution won’t reach an agreement in Geneva Friday. Nations were meeting for an 11th day at the United Nations office in Geneva to try to complete a landmark...
World plastic pollution treaty talks collapse with no deal
Sierra County Sentinel - New Mexico
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Talks aimed at striking a landmark global treaty on plastic pollution fell apart Friday without agreement, as countries failed to find consensus on how the world should tackle the ever-growing scourge. Negotiators from 185 nations worked beyond...
Plastic pollution talks fail as negotiators in Geneva reject draft treaties
The Guardian
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August 15, 2025
Once again negotiators will leave the plastic summit this week without a treaty, having failed to reach agreement in what was supposed to have been the final round of talks. The delegates, who were attempting to complete a crucial treaty to end...
Talks on landmark plastic pollution treaty end without an agreement
CBS News
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Geneva — Negotiators working on a landmark treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution failed to reach an agreement during talks that extended into Friday in Geneva. Nations were meeting for an 11th day at the United Nations offices...
Palau ranks 104th in Global Climate adaptation Index
Island Times
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August 15, 2025
By: Bernadette Carreon PALAU — Palau ranks 104th out of 187 countries in the latest Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN) Country Index, with a score of 45.1 out of 100. The index, compiled by the University of Notre Dame, measures how...
Negotiators won't reach an agreement in Geneva on a plastic pollution treaty
WDBO 107.3FM 580AM - Florida
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August 15, 2025
GENEVA — (AP) — Negotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution won’t reach an agreement in Geneva Friday. Nations were meeting for an 11th day at the United Nations office in Geneva to try to complete a landmark...
Negotiators in Geneva remain deadlocked on plastic pollution treaty
Express & Star
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August 15, 2025
Negotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution will not reach an agreement in Geneva on Friday. Nations were meeting for an 11th day at the United Nations office in Geneva to try to complete a landmark treaty to...
The International Court of Justice can name climate obligations. Why won’t it confirm genocide?
Prism
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August 14, 2025
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) made headlines in July with a historic climate ruling. In a long-awaited advisory opinion, the United Nations’ highest legal body confirmed what many in the Global South have long known: Wealthy nations...
UN plastic pollution treaty talks in disarray after countries reject draft…
Pacific News Service
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Attempts to secure a landmark treaty combating plastic pollution descended into disarray on the penultimate day of talks on Aug 13 as dozens of countries rejected the latest draft text, leaving the talks in limbo. With time running out to seal a...
No agreement in sight as UN plastic pollution treaty talks enter final day
Al Jazeera
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August 14, 2025
Negotiations to secure a global treaty to combat plastic pollution were in limbo as talks entered their final day after dozens of countries rejected the latest draft text. With time running out to seal a deal among the 184 countries gathered at...
International plastic pollution treaty talks stall over production cap
NHK
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The international community is struggling to reach a consensus on the world's first-ever treaty aimed at reducing plastic pollution. The United Nations adopted a resolution in 2022 to convene the meetings of the Intergovernmental Negotiating...
How to leave a sinking nation: Tuvalu’s dreams of dry land
The Guardian
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August 14, 2025
In November 2022, Simon Kofe, then foreign minister of the island nation of Tuvalu, announced a sensational plan for his country’s survival. Climate breakdown poses an existential threat to small island-nations in the Pacific, but Tuvalu’s...
UN plastic pollution treaty talks in disarray after countries reject draft text
The Straits Times
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August 13, 2025
GENEVA - Attempts to secure a landmark treaty combating plastic pollution descended into disarray on the penultimate day of talks on Aug 13 as dozens of countries rejected the latest draft text, leaving the talks in limbo. With time running out to...
Global Agreement on Plastic Pollution Collapses
BGNES
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August 13, 2025
Attempts to finalize a historic treaty to tackle plastic pollution collapsed into chaos on the penultimate day of negotiations, after dozens of countries rejected the latest draft, leaving talks at an impasse, AFP reported. With about 30 hours...
‘There’s no such thing as someone else’s children’ – Omar El Akkad bears witness to the destruction of Gaza and the west’s quiet assent
The Conversation
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August 18, 2025
Omar El Akkad does not want you to look away. An award-winning journalist and novelist, El Akkad was born in Egypt, lived as a teenager in Qatar and Canada, and migrated as an adult to the US, where he now lives with his family in the Pacific...