UN Plastics Treaty: After rocky start, 170 nations agree to draw up draft agreement

Michael Holder
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INC chair Credit: IISD/ENB & Kiara Worth
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INC chair Credit: IISD/ENB & Kiara Worth

Last week's crunch talks were on the 'brink of chaos', but on Friday 170 nations agreed to draw up an initial first draft of a global plastic pollution treaty by November

As a tense week of UN plastic pollution negotiations drew to a close in Paris on Friday, almost 170 nations agreed to draw up a draft text before the next round of talks in November, with hopes still high...

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