A temporary but evolving artistic installation: it is “The Thinker’s Burden“(“The thinker’s burden“) That will accompany the negotiations that start today in Geneva for ten days with the aim of drawing up the first international treaty to end plastic pollution in the world.
The signature is of the Canadian artist and activist Benjamin von Wong which, inspired by “The thinker”By Augusto Rodin and”Broken Chair“By Swiss Daniel Berset, he wants to attract the attention of the diplomats of the 193 countries represented at the UN and make us reflect on”The impact of plastic pollution on human health“During the negotiations.
And so, in a truly paradoxical scene, “the thinker” maintains in one hand bottles of water or crushed drinks and in the other a child who seems to be in poor condition, to represent the next generation.
In the next ten days, we will add more and more plastic to this installation to show the growing cost that we will leave to inherit to future generations if we do not undertake urgent actions, added the artist.
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After the failure of the negotiations in Busan, South Korea, last December, the delegates will meet again in Geneva until August 14 to try to implement the first legally binding international treaty to end pollution.
This is the last opportunity to transform the alarm into concrete action. For ten days, different voices but united by a common destiny will confront the responsibility of giving shape to a treaty that could mark a turning point in the global struggle to pollution. In a world that can no longer afford to tempore, every choice chosen, every compromise achieved, will be a fundamental piece towards a more just and sustainable future for everyone.
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