Countries fail to agree on global treaty to curb plastic pollution

A woman holds a sign during a rally to demand stronger global commitments to fight plastic waste at the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee in Busan, South Korea, on November 23, 2024.

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Delegates attending the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiations Committee (INC-5) in Busan, South Korea, leave the coastal and mountainous city disgruntled and without an agreement on a legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution.

In a closing plenary session that ended a few minutes after 3am on Monday morning, INC chair Luis Vayas Valdivieso said in his introductory remarks that there was a general agreement to resume the negotiations at a later date in 2025.

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