The United Nations has adopted an historic resolution laying the groundwork for a legally binding agreement aimed at ending plastic pollution.
The United Nations has adopted an historic resolution laying the groundwork for a legally binding agreement aimed at ending plastic pollution.
“Plastic pollution has grown into an epidemic. With today’s resolution we are officially on track for a cure,” said Espen Barth Eide, Norway’s minister for climate and the environment and president of the UN Environment Assembly meeting this week in Nairobi, Kenya, where the resolution was passed.
The measure calls for an international negotiating committee to set the terms of a treaty on plastic pollution by the end of 2024. The UN will then convene a conference to adopt the treaty.
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