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The organization demands an independent environmental assessment and comprehensive compensation for the nurdle pollution and potential oil spill impacting marine life and fishing communities.
More than 2,000 delegates from 160 countries, meeting in Uruguay in the first of a planned five sessions of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, aim to craft the first legally binding agreement on plastic pollution by the end of 2024.
The protestor used a powered paraglider with a motor attached to his back but lost control and hit overhead camera wires attached to the stadium roof, careening over spectators' heads before he landed on the field ahead of the France-Germany game.
The chinstrap penguin, named after the narrow black band under its head, inhabits the islands and shores of the Southern Pacific and Antarctic Oceans and feeds on krill.
Climate has been one of the most persistent worrisome issues of past many years.
In a recent study, scientists said ambient air pollution shortens an average Indian's life by over 1.5 years.
Globally, up to 5 trillion single-use plastic bags are used each year, according to the United Nations Environment Programme. Of 300 million tonnes of plastic waste the world produces annually, 8 million end up in the oceans, killing marine life and entering the human food chain.
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