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The United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi passes a solution to start negotiating a world-first global treaty on plastic pollution in what has been hailed a watershed moment for the planet. Nearly 200 nations unanimously agreed to create an intergovernmental committee to negotiate and finalise a legally binding plastics treaty by 2024. IMAGES
Madrid, Dec 9 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Rachael Burnett) Countries, businesses and communities in Asia and Latin America have come together to help tackle plastic pollution.More than 400 million tons of plastics are produced globally per year, with the equivalent of a truckload of plastic ending up in the world’s oceans every minute.By 2050 it is estimated the amount of waste will outweigh fish, a summit at COP25 in Madrid heard on Monday.FOOTAGE OF THE COP25 AND THE EVENT.SOUNDBITES OF TRUNG THANG NGUYEN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL AT THE INSTITUTE OF STRATEGY AND POLICIES ON NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT AT THE VIETNAMESE MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT; VERONICA DE LA CERDA, TRICICLOS IN CHILE; AND PATRICK BÜRGI, DIRECTOR FUNDS AND PLATFORMS AT EMISSION REDUCTION PROJECT DEVELOPER SOUTH POLE.
Waves of plastic have washed on the shores of the Dominican Republic. Over 500 workers have been drafted in to clear up 60 tonnes of rubbish in the last week alone.
A park in Beijing's Fangshan district, where residents used to gather, dance and exercise, is now flooded with plastic waste after China's capital was hit with its heaviest rains in recent days since records began 140 years ago. IMAGES
Representatives of 175 nations with divergent ambitions met at UNESCO headquarters in Paris for the second of five sessions, with the aim of making progress towards reaching, by next year, a historic agreement covering the entire plastics life cycle. IMAGES
The UN Environment Assembly opens the closing session of its deliberations, where the body is to launch formal negotiations for a global treaty to address the planet's "epidemic" of plastic trash, a moment that supporters describe as historic. IMAGES
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