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The world has been inching towards a deal to tackle plastic pollution, and the release of a rough draft of the Global Plastics Treaty by the United Nations Environmental Assembly and the Chair of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) on Monday marked the latest step toward that goal. Under a resolution agreed last year, 175 nations will sign a legally binding deal by the end of 2024.