BUSAN, Nov 22 — Plastic pollution litters our seas, our air and even our bodies, but negotiators face an uphill battle next week to agree on the world’s first treaty aimed at...
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Countries will have a week in South Korea’s Busan from Monday to round off two years of negotiations. In 2019, the world produced around 460 million tonnes of plastic, a figure that has doubled since 2000, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.A group of cleaners rummages through piles of trash along side of Hamarweyne beach in Mogadishu on November 9, 2024. Plastic pollution litters our seas, our air and even our bodies, but negotiators face an uphill battle next week to agree the world's first treaty aimed at ending the problem.
The HAC wants binding global targets on reducing production and warned ahead of the Busan talks that “vested interests” should not be allowed to hamper a deal. The assessment from the Center for International Environmental Law was blunter: “The text would deliver an ineffective and useless treaty and it would fail to adequately address the plastic crisis.”
The election of Donald Trump has also raised questions about how ambitious the US delegation will be, and whether negotiators should even bother seeking US support if a treaty is unlikely to be ratified by Washington.
Of Truth’: World Enters Crucial Talks In Busan To Address Plastic Pollution With First-Ever Global Treaty
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