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Plastic treaty talks open with longshot bid for consensus deal

The negotiations in Geneva are the sixth round of talks since 175 nations agreed in 2022 to create a legally binding treaty.

Outside the U.N.'s Palais des Nations in Geneva, "The Thinker’s Burden" was created for the INC 5.2 Global Plastics Pollution Treaty negotiations by Canadian artist Benjamin Von Wong.
Outside the U.N.'s Palais des Nations in Geneva, "The Thinker’s Burden," a sculptural remix of Auguste Rodin's "Thinker," was created for the INC 5.2 Global Plastics Pollution Treaty negotiations by Canadian artist Benjamin Von Wong in collaboration with SLS Illusions. (AN)

GENEVA (AN) — After years of diplomatic wrangling, international delegates began what's expected to be the final and most critical round of negotiations to forge a landmark treaty on plastic pollution.

The 10-day meeting, scheduled to run from Tuesday through Aug. 14, is an attempt to create a legally binding instrument to tackle a crisis that infiltrates every ecosystem and human life on the planet.

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