The 175 countries meeting since Monday in Paris to develop the first outlines of a treaty against plastic pollution have not yet begun their discussions on the substance of the subject. Saudi Arabia and several Gulf countries as well as Russia, China, India and Brazil refuse to allow the future treaty to be approved by a two-thirds majority vote if a consensus is not reached.
The discussion on this point, which began in plenary on Monday afternoon, has not yet been resolved at midday on Tuesday. It is scheduled to resume at 16:00 p.m.