Countdown to Busan: is a plastic pollution treaty in reach?
Tuesday, 29 October 2024 () Bangkok (AFP) Oct 29, 2024
Negotiators meet in less than a month to agree on the world's first treaty to end plastic pollution, but countries remain so far apart that a deal may prove impossible. It has been two years since the UN first agreed to work towards a treaty, and negotiators have met four times already to hammer out details. But observers say progress on substance has been painfully slow - and at times
Tuesday, 29 October 2024 ()
Bangkok (AFP) Oct 29, 2024