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UN Plastics Treaty Talks Once Again End in Failure
Procedural hurdles yet again foil progress on a global agreement to end plastic pollution.
Virtually all countries expressed an interest in continued negotiations—the European Union delegate Jessika Roswall said she would not accept “ a stillborn treaty ”—and many used their mic time during the closing plenary to remind others of what’s at stake. “This meeting proved that consensus is dead,” said Bjorn Beeler, executive director of the International Pollutants Elimination Network, a coalition of health and environmental organizations. After more than two hours of statements from national delegations, Valdivieso turned the mic over to a parade of young attendees, Indigenous peoples, waste pickers, and others who had been present throughout the week and a half of talks.
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