South Korea: UN committee fails to reach agreement to reduce plastic waste

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Representatives of 175 countries and more than 600 observer organizations met in South Korea to try to reach a global treaty to limit plastic pollution, an agreement that was not reached, in part, due to the blockage of a small group of oil-producing countries. teleSUR

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00:00Negotiations in South Korea on a treaty to tackle the global plastic pollution crisis

00:17failed to reach an agreement and will continue next year.

00:20Negotiations in Busan, a poor city in South Korea, failed to produce the first legally

00:24binding treaty on plastic pollution by the end of 2024.

00:27Some plastic-producing countries and oil and gas nations failed to agree on production

00:31limits.

00:32For any proposal to be included in the treaty, all nations must agree.

00:36The world produces more than 400 million tons of new plastic every year, and without a policy

00:40change, it could increase as much as 70 percent by 2040.

00:55We have made significant progress in Busan in our collective effort to address plastic

01:01pollution, including its impact on the marine environment.

01:06However, our work is far from complete, and we must remain pragmatic as we continue collaborating

01:16toward our shared goal.

01:24We have tested the resilience of our planet to its limit.

01:28Now is the time for us to push our own limits and honor the trust placed in us.

01:36You have the INC Secretariat and my unwavering support to get this done.

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