Negotiators in South Korea fail to clinch agreement addressing plastic polliution

Negotiators in Busan, South Korea, have failed to reach their goal of clinching a treaty addressing the worldwide crisis of plastic pollution – an agreement they had hoped to finalise before the end of 2024.

For some delegates, including African delegates, the treaty had become too watered down. But others, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iran refused to change it

For the chair of the negotiating committee, Luis Vayas Valdivieso, the…