Nations gathered in Busan, South Korea have a week to agree the world's first treaty to curb plastic pollution, a gargantuan challenge given the major divisions that remain.
Here is a look at the key sticking points:
Plastic pollution talks: the key sticking points
Divisions between nations are so deep that they have not yet agreed on how any decision will be adopted -- by consensus or majority vote.
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An art installation depicting the inside of a whale lined with plastic waste is seen in Busan on November 25, 2024, before the opening of the Fifth session of UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-5). (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)
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