Environmentalists and Indigenous leaders held signs in front of the United Nations buildings in Geneva where talks for a global accord to end plastic pollution are taking place.

Microplastics found in Geneva’s air where negotiations continue for a global plastics treatyMarc Meier/Greenpeace

Delegates, experts, and stakeholders from 184 countries and 619 organizations are determined to finalize the treaty on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment. They made this clear at the opening of the second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC 5.