Norwegian International Devrelopment Minister Anne Beathe Tvinnereim poses for a pictur during an intervieww with AFP at the NYU Langone Health Science Building in New York on September 25, 2024. In the single week that world leaders convened for high level UN talks in New York, nearly 100,000 water bottles' worth of microplastics swirled through the city's air, posing known and unknown risks to human health. "We talk a lot about plastic in the marine environment, in the oceans, but it's all around," said Tvinnereim, who is helping to lead the charge for a global plastics treaty. (Photo by Issam AHMED / AFP) (Photo by ISSAM AHMED/AFP via Getty Images)