A gathering of more than 200 nations that convened to reach a landmark agreement on ending plastic pollution broke down on Monday without achieving its goal. The talks in Busan, South Korea, collapsed due to pressure from oil-rich nations who argued that plastic production should not be phased out. The World’s Host Marco Werman discusses the repercussions with Cassie Barker of the Canadian environmental advocacy group Environmental Defence.
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