Busan, South Korea, Nov 25, 2024 (AFP) - 'Existential challenge': plastic pollution treaty talks begin

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2024-11-25

A final round of talks on a treaty to end plastic pollution opened on Monday, with the diplomat chairing the difficult negotiations urging nations to "meet an existential challenge." The meeting opens just hours after a chaotic end to the COP29 climate talks in Baku, which agreed to a boost in climate funding that developing countries slammed as insufficient. "This conference is about far more than drafting an international treaty," Ecuadorian di......

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