Resolve remains for global plastic pollution treaty after talks fall short

Days after talks on a new international treaty to curb plastic pollution collapsed, Sr. Patty Johnson was nonetheless feeling hopeful.

Johnson was in Busan, South Korea, with three fellow Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet following the fifth — and expected final — round of United Nations negotiations for a global deal on plastics. In her time there, she attended plenary sessions, reviewed draft texts and conversed with the lead negotiator for the United States.

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