Plastic pollution reaches 52 million tonnes a year: Can latest UN treaty change this? | DW News

One day after the massive United Nations climate conference wrapped up in Azerbaijan, delegates from 175 countries have now gathered in South Korea to hash out a treaty on global plastic pollution. As the event kicked off today, familiar divisions have arisen suggesting that deal-making will be a difficult task. Countries that bear the brunt of plastic pollution are struggling to reach agreement with petrochemical-producing nations like China and Saudi Arabia. Chapters: 0:00 The latest conference 2:05 Giulia Carlini, Center for International Environmental Law For more news go to: http://www.dw.com/en/ Follow DW on social media: ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dwnews ►TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dwnews ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deutschewellenews/ ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwnews Für Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https://www.youtube.com/dwdeutsch Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1 #plastic #environment #southkorea