Diplomats from around the world concluded nine days of talks in Geneva — plus a marathon overnight session that lasted into the early hours of Friday — with no agreement on a global plastics treaty. Environment Assembly resolution to “end plastic pollution” by addressing the “full life cycle” of plastics. The decision ends a contentious week and a half of discussions during the “resumed” fifth session of negotiations over a U.N. plastics treaty, which started in Geneva on August 4. Despite Friday’s outcome, the plastics treaty does not yet appear to be dead. It is now up to the plastics treaty secretariat to set a date and time for another round of negotiations, which are not likely to happen until next year.