Nations Fail to Agree Curbs on Plastic as UN Plans Future Talks

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1. *From Bloomberg News reporter Aaron Clark*

   About 200 nations couldn’t agree on a treaty to curb plastic pollution after two years of divisive negotiations, but said they made some progress and would reconvene the talks next year.

   A weeklong United Nations-backed summit in Busan, South Korea, concluded early Monday without a legally binding deal to address plastic pollution across the material’s lifecycle, including supply — which doubled between 2000 and 2019 — use, and disposal.

   Progress was blocked by a small group of mostly oil-producing nations including Saudi Arabia and Russia that opposed new restrictions, arguing that curbs on output and chemicals fell outside of the group’s mandate.

   [Read the full story here](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-01/nations-fail-to-agree-curbs-on-plastic-as-un-plans-future-talks).

2. We’re lucky Microplastics didn’t make us all infertile

3. >Progress was blocked by a small group of mostly oil-producing nations including Saudi Arabia and Russia that opposed new restrictions

   “in the early 21st century man tried desperately to enact National and global policies to address the worsening climate. But these efforts were often stopped by parties who felt that climate change would either not impact them or would even benefit them. So they worked against the efforts of those who were trying to improve the situation. Because they knew in the chaotic and resource barren world that climate change would cause they would have the advantage. Or at least an evening of the playing field over their adversaries “

4. Nations, or corporations?

5. Absolutely pathetic.

6. Know your enemy.

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