Virtually all the world's nations are negotiating proposals under the legally binding Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions to limit toxic chemicals, pollutants and wastes.
GENEVA (AN) — More than 2,000 delegates from 180 nations began two weeks of wrangling on Monday over three global treaties intended to protect human health and environment from hazardous chemicals and wastes.
Negotiations and decision-making began Monday under the science-based, legally binding Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions with an eye toward fulfilling some related aspects of the U.N.'s 17 Sustainable Development Goals for 2030.
A proposed 2% minimum tax on billionaires will be taken up at Brazil's G-20 Leaders' Summit in November.
The effects of climate change hit hard from the bombed streets of Gaza to the glitzy venues of the Paris Olympics.
The U.N.'s annual report card shows the Sustainable Development Goals improved from 85% off track last year.
Developing nations' 30% share of global public debt in 2023, particularly in Asia and Oceania, rose from 16% in 2010.
The Court of Justice of the European Union's rulings in two landmark cases will cost the tech giants billions of euros.
People's health, nature and farmland all suffer from the spiraling negative impacts, says the U.N. health agency
Landlocked between Russia and China, Mongolia depends on Russia to meet its energy needs and China to buy its exports.
The guidance comes weeks before the U.N. General Assembly takes up the issue of AMR at its high-level meeting this month.
