The United Nations (UN) recently reported that its General Assembly has adopted a resolution declaring access to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment as a universal human right. The resolution had 161 nations in its favor, while eight countries chose to abstain from voting.The resolution, originally presented by Costa Rica, the Maldives, Morocco, Slovenia, and
Professor Steve Fletcher, director of the Global Plastics Policy Centre at the University of Portsmouth, offers some insight into the plan for a new g.
When the U.N. agreed on a deal to create the world's first ever global plastic pollution treaty, every party was quick to claim victory, but that could spell trouble.