'Not all countries are going to have the courage to finish this deal': Fierce divisions frustrate UN plastics treaty talks

Michael Holder
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Demonstrators outside the UN plastics talks in Busan, Korea | Credit: UNEP
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Demonstrators outside the UN plastics talks in Busan, Korea | Credit: UNEP

With just days to go until the curtain comes down on the fifth and final scheduled round of talks t try and deliver a legally-binding plastics pollution treaty, observers warn of scant sign of progress on key dividing lines

Serious concerns are mounting at the sluggish pace of progress during tense UN plastic pollution treaty negotiations in Busan this week, amidst little sign deep divisions between fossil fuel producing...

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