Nigeria, Aug. 6 -- In what could mark a turning point in global environmental governance, over 3,000 participants/representatives from about 184 countries have gathered in Geneva, Switzerland, to finalise negotiations on a landmark treaty to end plastic pollution.

The move, mandated under the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2) resolution 5/14 in 2022, is to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment.

The process, which started over three years ago, represents the world's most ambitious attempt yet to address the lingering plastic crisis at its root-across the entire value chain -production, design and disposal-of plastics.

Dubbed the Intergovernmental Negoti...