World commits to pollution-free planet at UN summit

On 6 December 2017 the world committed to a pollution-free planet at the close of the UN Environment Assembly, with resolutions and pledges promising to improve the lives of billions by cleaning up our air, land and water.
For the first time ministers issued a declaration committed to increasing research and development, targeting pollution through tailored actions, moving societies towards sustainable lifestyles based on a circular economy, promoting fiscal incentives to move markets and promote positive change, strengthening and enforcing laws on pollution, and much more. The assembly also passed 13 non-binding resolutions and 3 decisions. Among them were moves to address marine litter.
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