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CIRCLE Alliance Launch Event
[00:00:04] USAID CHIEF CLIMATE OFFICER GILLIAN CALDWELL: We are here today to talk about plastic pollution. An estimated 11 million metric tons of plastic enter the Earth every year—a rate that is expected to triple by 2040 without urgent action. This is a …