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NAIROBI — The UN on Monday launched a global effort to forge a landmark treaty curbing plastic pollution , an "epidemic" with escalating costs for the environment and human health.More than 100 nations are expected to agree a blueprint for a treaty on plastic waste during three days of in-person talks in Nairobi and virtual deliberations.The UN's paramount body for the

UN member states hope to agree a full treaty within the next two years.

Roundup: UN Environment Assembly opens with call to re-invigorate green agenda-

A new United Nations report on how climate change harms people and the environment reads like an atlas of human and planetary suffering

The United Nations Environment Assembly is gathering for three days in Kenya’s capital to find holistic solutions to today’s environmental threats. The fight against plastic pollution is one of the k…

The United Nations opened an environment summit in Nairobi on Monday where nations are being urged to adopt the blueprint for a landmark global treaty to reduce plastic pollution.

Delegates called on UN to come up with international treaty to tackle plastic pollution

Since its launch in early 2019, Eco Star, a non-profit organisation that recycles trash from homes, restaurants and schools across Kuwait, has recycled more than 3.5 tonnes of plastic, 10 tonnes of paper and 120 tonnes of metal."We can all ...

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Environment ministers and other representatives from over 150 nations gathered here on Monday to launch the three-day hybrid (in-person and online) resumed fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2).