More than 2,500 delegates from 170 nations and 480 observer organizations gathered in Canada for the penultimate round of U.N. talks to broker the first legally binding treaty on curbing the global plastic pollution crisis.
The talks include 196 fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists who have registered to attend, a 37% increase from last year's round, according to an analyis of registered participants, the Center for International Environmental Law and other advocacy groups reported on Thursday.
