Plastic pollution treaty talks in disarray

France's Minister of Minister of Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, Forest, Sea and Fisheries Agnes Pannier-Runacher (C) speaks with diplomatic advidor Gabriel Normand after a press conference on the final days of negotiations of a landmark global treaty on plastic pollution at the United Nations Offices in Geneva on August 13, 2025. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)