Plastic treaty would be historic for planet: UNEP chief
Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP)gives an interview at the UNEP Headquarters ahead of the Fifth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5), that will seek to tackle chemicals and waste management, marine litter and a green recovery from COVID-19, in Nairobi on February 22, 2022. PHOTO | AFP
The world has a rare opportunity to clean up the planet for future generations by uniting behind an ambitious treaty to tackle plastic trash, the UN environment chief told AFP.
Inger Andersen said a global plastics treaty being negotiated in Nairobi "holds the potential and the promise of being the biggest multilateral environmental breakthrough" since the Paris climate accords signed in 2015.
