Chemicals and Pollution
Chemicals and waste are integral to almost all sectors of society, bringing important benefits, however, they can have negative impacts on human health and on the environment. Environmentally sound management of chemicals is essential for living healthy lives and for a healthy planet.
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Organizations
Organization | Non-Governmental and Business Organizations
Center for International Environmental Law
CIEL
Organization | Non-Governmental and Business Organizations
Earthjustice
Organization | Intergovernmental Organizations
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Liaison Office in Geneva
FAO
Organization | Non-Governmental and Business Organizations
Global Alliance on Health and Pollution
GAHP
Organization | Multilateral Environmental Agreements
Minamata Convention on Mercury
Organization | Intergovernmental Organizations
Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management
SAICM
Organization | Multilateral Environmental Agreements
UNECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
Organization | Multilateral Environmental Agreements
UNECE Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents
Organization | Multilateral Environmental Agreements
UNECE Espoo Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context
EIA Convention
Organization | Intergovernmental Organizations
UNEP Chemicals and Health Branch
Organization | Intergovernmental Organizations
UNEP Europe Office
Organization | Intergovernmental Organizations
United Nations Information Portal on Multilateral Environmental Agreements
InforMEA
Organization | Intergovernmental Organizations
United Nations Institute for Training and Research
UNITAR
Organization | Non-Governmental and Business Organizations
Zoï Environment Network
Experts
Abiola Olanipekun
Abiola Olanipekun is the Chief of Science and Technical Assistance Branch at the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions (BRS).
Andrés del Castillo
Andrés del Castillo is the Senior Attorney for the Environmental Health Program of the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL).
Beatrice Fihn
Beatrice Fihn is the Executive Director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN).
Brenda Koekkoek
Brenda Koekkoek is a Programme Officer at the SAICM Secretariat.
David Azoulay
David Azoulay is the Managing Attorney of the Center for International Environmental Law’s (CIEL) Geneva Office and the Director of CIEL’s Environmental Health Program.
Franz Perrez
Franz Perrez is the Swiss Ambassador for the Environment and the Head of the International Affairs Division at the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN).
Giulia Carlini
Giulia Carlini is a Staff Attorney for the Environmental Health Program of the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL).
Jacqueline Alvarez
Jacqueline Alvarez is the Head of Knowledge and Risk Unit at UNEP's Chemicals and Health Branch.Katherine Theotocatos
Katherine Theotocatos is the Head of the Special Programme on Institutional Strengthening of the Chemicals Cluster at UNEP's Chemicals and Health Branch.
Monika Gail MacDevette
Monika Gail MacDevette is the Deputy Director of Ecosystems Division at the Chemicals and Health Branch of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Monika Stankiewicz
Monika Stankiewicz is the Executive Secretary of the Minamata Convention on Mercury.
Nalini Sharma
Nalini Sharma is the Senior Coordinator of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM).
Otto Simonett
Otto Simonett is the Director of Zoï Environment Network.
Rolph Payet
Rolph Payet is the Executive Secretary of the Basel Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions (BRS).Events
Event | Body Meeting
Expert meeting on Best Available Techniques and Best Environmental Practices under the Stockholm Convention
27 Oct – 06 Nov 2020
Online
BRS
Event | Virtual
E-waste Challenge MOOC live event to celebrate International E-waste Day 2020 | Inclusive e-waste recycling businesses in developing countries – WRF
29 Oct 2020 16:00 – 17:00
BRS
Event | Conference
Special Briefing on the 4th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury | Minamata Online
03 Nov 2020 14:00 – 15:30
International Environmental House II (7-9 ch. de Balexert) & Webex
Minamata Convention on Mercury
Event | Conference
Aluminium landscapes: The rise and fall of bauxite mining and aluminium production in Suriname, and the lasting impacts on its society and environment
04 Nov 2020 10:30
Maison de la paix | Salle 8 Interpetal
IHEID
Event | Virtual
Minamata Online | Mercury emissions: estimation and projection
05 Nov 2020 14:00 – 15:30
Minamata Convention on Mercury
Event | Virtual
Minamata Online | Art11 Mercury Wastes
12 Nov 2020 10:00 – 17:00
Minamata Convention on Mercury
Event | Conference
Geneva Health Forum
16 – 18 Nov 2020
Centre International de Conférences de Genève (CICG)
UNIGE
Event | Virtual
Minamata Online | Art12 Contaminated sites
26 Nov 2020 10:00 – 17:00
Minamata Convention on Mercury
Event | Body Meeting
Fourth meeting of the Expert Working Group on the review of Annexes, supplementary sessions
30 Nov – 04 Dec 2020
Online
BRS
Event | Body Meeting
Sixteenth meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC.16)
11 – 15 Jan 2021
BRS
Event | Body Meeting
Joint Meeting of the Presidents of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
26 Jan 2021
BRS
Event | Body Meeting
Joint meeting of the bureaux of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions
27 – 28 Jan 2021
BRS
Event | Conference
Meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
19 – 30 Jul 2021
Centre International de Conférences de Genève (CICG)
BRS
Learning
Publications
Publication | Reports
An Assessment Report on Issues of Concern
2020
UNEP Chemicals and Health Branch
Publication | Reports
An Assessment of Options for Strengthening the Science-Policy Interface at the International Level for the Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste
2020
UNEP Chemicals and Health Branch
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