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Representatives from 175 nations meet in Nairobi from November 13 to 19, in order negotiate what concrete measures should be included in a binding global treaty to end plastic pollution. Nations agreed last year to finalise a world-first UN treaty by the end of 2024. Negotiators have met twice already but Nairobi – where the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) is headquartered – is the first opportunity to debate a draft treaty published in September that outlines the many pathways to...

Representatives from 175 nations meet in Nairobi from Monday to negotiate for the first time what concrete measures should be included in a binding global treaty to end plastic pollution. Nations agreed last year to finalize by 2024 a world-first U.N. treaty to address the scourge of plastics found everywhere…

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Representatives from 175 nations meet in Nairobi from Monday to negotiate for the first time what concrete measures should be included in a binding global treaty to end plastic pollution.Ahead of Nairobi, around 60 nations voiced collective alarm about this trend and called for "binding provisions in the treaty to restrain and reduce the consumption and production" of plastic.

Towards the end of plastic pollution? Representatives from 175 countries are meeting in Kenya from Monday to negotiate for the first time concrete measures to be included in a binding global treaty to put an end to plastic waste.