Consensus as currency

Who governs science when no one is in charge: Part 3 of a five-part series

Julio Cordano, center, accepts the gavel as newly elected chair of the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution. (U.N. Web TV)

Editor’s Note: This weekly series explores how science is governed globally in the absence of a world authority, beginning with the myth and reality of coordination without control.