Pascale Ehrenfreund, Qing Zhang and Paul Freemont
May 19, 2026
The world is working on a treaty to end plastic pollution. How close is it?
This video is part of: Centre for Nature and Climate
In March 2022, UN members agreed to develop a treaty to end plastic pollution. The fifth round of talks took place in Busan, South Korea, in late 2024. It was meant to be the last. It is now almost three years since talks began. So what’s the hold-up?
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