Countries meet in Kenya to thrash out global plastic pollution treaty

Delegates in Nairobi for talks in what experts say could be most important multilateral treaty since Paris accordGovernment delegations will gather in Nairobi, Kenya, to hammer out details of what could be the first global treaty to tackle the plastic pollution crisis.A key focus for the discussions on Monday will be whether targets to restrict plastic production should be decided unilaterally or whether states should choose their own targets; this is, say environmentalists, the "centre of gravity" for the treaty's ambition. Continue reading...