Busan, South Korea, Nov 27, 2024 (AFP) - Plastic pollution talks must speed up, chair warns

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2024-11-27

Negotiators must move "significantly" faster to reach a landmark treaty to curb plastic pollution, the diplomat chairing the talks warned Wednesday, as countries lined up to express frustration about the limited progress. Nearly 200 nations are in Busan to agree by Sunday on a deal to tackle the millions of tonnes of plastic waste that end up in the environment each year. They arrived in the South Korean city after two years of talks that laid ba......

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Busan, South Korea, Nov 27, 2024 (AFP) - Plastic pollution talks must speed up 'significantly': chair

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Busan, South Korea, Nov 27, 2024 (AFP) - Plastic pollution talks must speed up 'significantly': chair

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