Plastic pollution talks adjourn, but countries want to stay engaged: UNEP chief The international push for consensus on a legally binding deal to end plastic pollution proved beyond the grasp of weary UN Member States meeting in Geneva on Friday, as they agreed to resume discussions at a future date.

Plastic pollution talks adjourn, but countries want to stay engaged: UNEP chief

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Animals by the sea or the ocean oppose plastic waste. One says: "The amount of plastic trash in the sea is hard to swallow."

Over 90 states at the #UN #OceanConference support the ministerial declaration “The #NiceWakeUpCall for an ambitious #PlasticsTreaty” which includes a call for the adoption of a global target to #reduce the production & consumption of #plastic
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'A Wake-Up Call from the Womb'—Indigenous People Rally for a Binding Plastics Treaty NICE, France, Jun 11 (IPS) - As the sun peeked through the French Riviera clouds and a dozen reporters sipped orange juice aboard the WWF Panda Boat docked at Port Lympia, Frankie Orona, a Native American rights advocate from the Society of Native Nations in San Antonio, Texas, stunned the room into a moment of absolute stillness.

'A Wake-Up Call from the Womb'—Indigenous People Rally for a Binding Plastics Treaty

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