PARIS: A brand new spherical of negotiations for a world treaty on decreasing international plastics air pollution shall be held in Geneva in August, the United Nations Atmosphere Programme (UNEP) mentioned on Monday (Mar 3).
A earlier spherical of negotiations – tasked with hammering out a legally binding treaty – ended with out settlement in South Korea final 12 months.
Plastic air pollution is so ubiquitous that microplastics have been discovered on the very best mountain peaks, within the deepest ocean trenches and scattered all through nearly each a part of the human physique.
The announcement on the UNEP web site of the brand new talks comes within the wake of a last-ditch COP16 finance deal on biodiversity agreed in Rome final week by delegates from some 150 international locations.
UNEP mentioned the brand new plastics talks shall be held on the Palais des Nations in Geneva from Aug 5 to 14.
