ZSL Marine Programme Manager Fiona Llewellyn explores how representatives from across the globe are coming together to tackle plastic pollutionWhy is plastics pollution such a big issue? Humans are mismanaging and polluting the world with plastic at an alarming rate.  Why should we tackle plastic pollution? In March 2022, a meeting of the UN Environment Assembly  in Nairobi saw member states agree a resolution titled ‘End Plastic Pollution: Towards a Legally Binding Instrument’, kick-starting the process for an International Negotiating Committee (INC) to develop a legally binding UN Treaty on plastic pollution by the end of 2024.  We will also be working hard to ensure that the agreed objectives of the Treaty are underpinned by science and evidence, and that there are the appropriate financial mechanisms in place (supported by both industry and governments) to allow for action to be effectively taken once the Treaty is agreed