'Existential challenge': plastic pollution treaty talks begin

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."

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Under Secretary General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UNEP, Inger Andersen, speaks during the opening of the Fifth session of UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-5) in Busan on November 25, 2024. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)

2024-11-25 10:08:02

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.

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