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Environmental organisations warn that without urgent compromises the session could fail to produce a treaty capable of tackling the scale of the crisis

Air sampling in the Swiss city this week detected plastic fibres and fragments in both indoor and outdoor locations, including cafés, public transport and shops

Environmental NGOs are raising concerns about the growing presence of petrochemical industry lobbyists at talks to forge a global treaty to combat plastic pollution.

Campaigners warn of ‘crisis of credibility’ as number of lobbyists attending plastics treaty negotiations rises

Negotiations aimed at forging a global treaty on plastic pollution are being blocked by oil-producing countries and getting bogged down in a "dialogue of the deaf", sources in and around the talks told AFP. Ten days of talks on finalising an international, legally-binding instrument on plastic pollution opened on Tuesday…

With plastic production projected to triple by 2060, pressure is mounting to secure a binding agreement that tackles the crisis at its source.

Nations gather in Geneva Tuesday for what many hope will be the final meeting to craft a landmark treaty to end the plastic pollution crisis that affects every ecosystem and person on the planet

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Watch as Greenpeace protesters plaster a London underground tube station with anti-Sir Keir Starmer and David Lammy stickers and signs as they claim the politicians are “fuelling genocide”.

Campaigners say that industry lobbyists must be banned from the talks to secure a meaningful outcome.

Police Scotland confirmed a 67-year-old man had been arrested and charged following the death of Shona Stevens in 1994.