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November 17, Since the COVID pandemic began, space- and ground-based observations have shown that Earth's atmosphere has seen significant reductions in some air pollutants. However, scientists wanted to know how much of that decline can be attributed to changes in human activity during pandemic-related shutdowns, versus how much would have occurred in a pandemic-free Nitrogen dioxide is an air pollutant that is primarily produced by the combustion of fossil fuels used by industry and transportation—both of which were significantly reduced during the height of the pandemic to prevent the novel coronavirus from spreading. Keller works in Goddard's Global Modeling and Assimilation Office GMAO , which uses high-tech computer models to help track the chemistry of the ocean and the atmosphere, and forecast future climate scenarios. He says, "it was also soon clear that it was going to be difficult to quantify how much of that change is related to the lockdown measures, versus general seasonality or variability in pollution. No two years are exactly alike. Earth Pollution

Support is growing internationally for a new global treaty to tackle the plastic pollution crisis, it has emerged, though so far without the two biggest per capita waste producers — the US and the UK — which have yet to signal their participation. A UN working group on marine litter and microplastics met Earth Pollution a virtual conference last week to discuss the issue. More than two-thirds of UN member states, including African, Baltic, Caribbean, Nordic and Pacific states, as well as the EU, have declared they are Earth Pollution to considering the option of a new agreement. The treaty would be akin to the Paris climate agreement or the Montreal protocol to prevent ozone depletion. Neither the UK nor the US have declared their desire for a new agreement.

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Britain, which leaves the EU at Gm Gravatai end of the year, is considering one of two options: to support Pollutioon calls for negotiating a new global treaty, or to strengthen existing agreements to reduce plastic waste. A decision by Zac Goldsmith, a minister for the environment, is understood to be imminent. The US has so far opposed an international agreement on plastic waste. The UN environment assembly, which set up the ad hoc working group AHEG on marine plastics inconcluded that the existing international legal Earth Pollution governing plastic pollution, including the Stockholm and the Basel conventions, is fragmented and ineffective.

The flow of plastic into the ocean is expected to triple by if current trends continue, up to 29m tonnes a year — the equivalent of 50kg for every metre of coastline in the world. Erth in the sea, it breaks down into microplastics, Earth Pollution be ingested by marine life.

Political momentum for a global agreement to address the full lifecycle of plastic has been growing, with several high-level ministerial declarations in favour. Earlier this month, a resolution calling for the world community to agree to a binding global agreement was adopted by International Union for the Conservation of Nature Earth Pollution, and 2 million people have signed a petition calling for one to be adopted.

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Several delegations voiced support of a new global agreement, although there was no consensus on whether it would only address marine plastic litter or go further to tackle plastics pollution as a whole and if it would be legally binding.

Some industries that manufactured plastic bags in Kenya simply migrated to neighbouring countries, he said. Hugo-Maria Schally, head of the multilateral environmental cooperation unit at the European commission, claimed the EU had been a proponent of a stronger global framework to address marine litter and marine plastic pollution for some time, and that the lack of Earth Pollution so far by the US remained a huge obstacle. Many NGOs believe that an international agreement is the only viable option to tackle plastic waste. One model for Earth Pollution a treaty, drawn by the Environmental Investigations Agency Earth Pollutioninvolves four key pillars: monitoring and reporting, to examine the extent of the problem; prevention; coordination; and technical and financial support, for example aid to developing countries.

Over the last four years, we have continually encountered opposition from the Trump administration to truly address plastic pollution, slowing down progress and watering down international efforts.

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