'Plastic pollution really begins when we're making plastics and extracting oil, gas from the ground'

• Aug 7, 2025, 10:55 AM

1 min de lecture

The 184 countries gathering to forge a landmark treaty on combating plastic pollution are seeking a way forward to tackle a global crisis wrecking ecosystems and trashing the oceans. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, FRANCE 24's Eve Irvine welcomes Martin Wagner, Professor in the Department of Biology at NTNU: Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

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In Singapore, the food of the future is being cooked up in a lab

• 11:23 AM

1 min

Eggs without chickens, milk without cows, and meat without slaughter: Singapore has emerged as Asia's hub for food innovation. The city-state of six million people imports 90 percent of its food and has less than 1 percent of arable land. Now, with an am

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