UN says new plastic pollution negotiations scheduled for August in Geneva

After December's failure in Busan, could Geneva bring an agreement in August? A new round of negotiations for an international treaty on reducing global plastics pollution will be held in Geneva in August, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced. A previous round of negotiations — tasked with hammering out a legally binding treaty — ended without agreement in Busan, South Korea last year. The talks were meant to end with the world's first accord on cutting plastics... - Environment

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UN says new plastic pollution negotiations scheduled for August in Geneva

After December's failure in Busan, could Geneva bring an agreement in August? A new round of negotiations for an international treaty on reducing global plastics pollution will be held in Geneva in August, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced.
A previous round of negotiations — tasked with hammering out a legally binding treaty — ended without agreement in Busan, South Korea last year. The talks were meant to end with the world's first accord on cutting plastics... - Environment