Global Briefing: UN Plastic Treaty Talks could restart before the end of the year

Stuart Stone
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Plastic Treaty chair sets out plans for fresh round of talks, Ursula Von der Leyen promises ETS tweaks within days, and EIB backs €260m project in 'unlikely home for solar power'

A new roadmap has been drawn up in a bid to revive deadlocked Plastic Treaty Talks with fresh rounds of negotiations proposed for the end of 2026 or early 2027. Efforts to deliver a Global Plastics...

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