Countries fail to reach agreement in UN plastic talks
Countries negotiating a global treaty to curb plastic pollution failed to reach agreement on Monday, December 2, with more than 100 nations wanting to cap production while a handful of oil-producers were prepared only to target plastic waste.
The fifth UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee meeting intended to yield a legally binding global treaty in Busan, South Korea, was meant to be the final one. However, countries remained far apart on the basic scope of a treaty and could agree only to postpone key decisions and resume talks, dubbed INC 5.2, to a later date.
An option proposed by Panama, backed by more than 100 countries, would have created a path for a global plastic production reduction target, while another proposal did not include production caps.
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