Treaty

Green News

Global Plastics Treaty hangs in the balance as talks resume in Geneva

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

03/08/2025

Travel News

Direct trains between London and Berlin could run within a decade

A planned London–Berlin rail route aims to offer a greener, faster alternative to air travel.

18/07/2025

Green News

Nations issue ‘Nice Wake-Up Call’ on plastic pollution treaty

Countries have shown a united front for ambition after talks on a landmark plastic pollution treaty collapsed last year.

11/06/2025

Green News

Landmark High Seas Treaty now ‘inches away’ from ratification

The High Seas Treaty, adopted in 2023, would allow countries to establish marine protected areas in international waters.

09/06/2025

Green News

High Seas Treaty gets major boost from EU and 6 member states

The High Seas Treaty has the potential to bring about a significant shift in global ocean conservation efforts.

29/05/2025

Health news

Countries sign off on global pandemic treaty at WHO meeting

The agreement will be legally binding, but it won’t enter into force right away.

20/05/2025

Green News

New treaty could be a ‘game-changer’ for environmental crime in Europe

There is now a robust legal framework to tackle serious environmental crimes, but experts say the Council of Europe missed a chance to protect human rights.

14/05/2025

World News

Baltics and Poland announce planned withdrawal from landmine treaty

The Ottawa Convention prohibits the production, possession, and transfer of anti-personnel mines.

19/03/2025

Green News

What is the Paris Agreement? Trump has pulled US out of the deal

Most of the world's superpowers are members of the legally binding international treaty.

21/01/2025

Health news

Is the global pandemic treaty dead?

Negotiators looking to avert another COVID-style crisis have yet to make progress on two key sticking points for a global pandemic treaty which has a May 2025 deadline.

17/12/2024

Green News

Why plastic recycling isn’t the answer to the oceans full of waste

Even if 50 per cent more plastic was recycled there would still be a pollution problem, a French minister said this week.

28/11/2024

Green News

Global Plastics Treaty: The warnings from campaigners to leaders

Compromise is needed, UN environment chief says – but activists warn the public demands decisive action on plastics.

26/11/2024

Green News

Will the fifth Global Plastic Treaty talks finally seal a deal?

Global plastic production has increased over 200-fold to hit almost 460 million tonnes annually since 1950.

25/11/2024

Green News

World takes ‘major step’ toward global treaty to end plastic pollution

For the first time, negotiators discussed the text of what is supposed to become a global treaty.

30/04/2024

Green News

EU votes to ratify landmark High Seas Treaty

The vote is an important signal to the rest of the world that the EU is serious about prioritising greater ocean protection.

24/04/2024

Green News

World’s climate targets to be assessed in new stocktake

Are countries sticking to the Paris Agreement? The UN is about to find out.

06/09/2023

Green News

How will the UN's historic 'high seas' treaty protect marine life?

Greenpeace’s Chris Thorne has called the treaty “a win for all life on this planet.”

20/06/2023

Climate

Inside the submarine mission to protect 95% of Antarctica’s waters

There is less ice in Antarctica ‘right now than at any other time in recorded history.’

17/01/2023

Ocean Calls

Can we protect our high seas?

In partnership with The European Commission

In this Ocean Calls episode, we discuss a deal that’s been on the United Nations’ table for over 20 years on how to protect the high seas.

10/11/2022

Health news

WHO joins call for a global treaty to urgently phase out fossil fuels

"Addiction to fossil fuels is not just an act of environmental vandalism. From the health perspective, it is an act of self-sabotage," said the WHO.

14/09/2022