Nigeria, Aug. 6 -- As over 3,000 delegates and participants from 184 countries gathered in Switzerland's capital city, Geneva, for the second part of the fifth session of the United Nations Environmental Programme Plastic Treaty negotiations (INC-5.2), a six-meter-high sculpture, strategically placed in an open field opposite the renowned Place des Nations, the venue of the meeting, sends an important message to the negotiators.

This sculpture was unveiled on 4 August, and christened "The Thinker's Burden." It has been described as a provocative installation by Canadian artist Benjamin Wong, who explained the significance of the work to delegates in Geneva. The sculpture captures the severity of the plastic crisis.

"Plastic pollution is...