Time is running out to agree a treaty to end plastic pollution: Here's why it matters

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Steve Fletcher from the University of Portsmouth sets out what's at stake as final negotiations aimed at brokering a landmark global treaty to end plastic pollution kick off this week in Korea

On 2 March 2022, delegates to the UN environment assembly adopted an ambitious resolution to develop the text of a new treaty by the end of 2024 to end plastic pollution. Now, with 24 days of formal...

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