G7 support UN agreements on plastic, protection of the high seas
The Group of Seven (G7) leading Western industrialized nations are supporting an ambitious UN agreement to reduce plastics, a German minister said on Tuesday. "As industrialized countries, we have a special obligation to curb the effects of the massive pollution crisis. As G7 countries, we are committed to reducing global plastic production and consumption," German Environment Minister Steffi Lemke said at the meeting of the G7 climate, energy and environment ministers in Italy. The G7 also want