However, there was growing support among the majority of countries on the most sensitive issues including production and consumption limits and phasing out harmful chemicals.
About 200 nations couldn’t agree on a treaty to curb plastic pollution after two years of divisive negotiations, but said they made some progress and would reconvene the talks next year.
A weeklong United Nations-backed summit in Busan, South Korea, concluded early Monday without a legally binding deal to address plastic pollution across the material’s lifecycle, including supply — which doubled between 2000 and 2019 — use, and disposal.
