It was ‘no deal’ on a global plastics treaty - so what happens now?

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A second - and supposedly final - final round of talks to agree a global treaty to tackle plastics pollution this month ended with no deal.

We get a readout of the talks from Clemence Schmid, director of the Global Plastics Action Partnership, who tells us what happened and what might happen next.

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