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Delegates consulting informally with the INC chair yesterday in Nairobi | Credit: IISD/ENB & Anastasia Rodopoulou
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Delegates consulting informally with the INC chair yesterday in Nairobi | Credit: IISD/ENB & Anastasia Rodopoulou

Stark differences remain between nations over how to turn the tide on global plastic pollution after latest round of talks draw to a close in Nairobi

Hopes of countries brokering an ambitious, robust global treaty to tackle plastic pollution by the end of next year hang in the balance, with a host of contentious issues far from being resolved as the...

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