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 | 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
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
UNECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
Organization | Multilateral Environmental Agreements
UNECE Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents
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
UNEP Chemicals and Health Branch
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
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.
Felix Wertli
Felix Wertli is the Head of the Global Affairs Section of the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN).
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.
Kenneth Davis
Kenneth Davis is a Program Officer from the Technology and Metals Team of the UN Environment Programme's (UNEP) Chemicals and Health Branch.
Monika Gail MacDevette
Monika Gail MacDevette is the Chief of 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.
Pierre Quiblier
Pierre Quiblier is a Programme Officer at the Chemical and Health Branch of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
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
08 – 10 Dec 2021
Online
BRS
Event | Body Meeting
ECOSOC Sub-Committee of Experts on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (41st session)
08 – 10 Dec 2021
Online & Palais des Nations
UNECE
Event | Virtual
La procédure de consentement préalable en connaissance de cause (PIC) et les réponses à l’importation de produits chimiques inscrits à l’annexe III
09 Dec 2021 10:00 – 11:00
Online | Zoom
FAO, BRS
Event
Plastic Waste in Mountains | Geneva Beat Plastic Pollution Dialogues & International Mountain Day 2021
10 Dec 2021 11:00 – 12:30
Online | Webex
GEN, BRS
Event | Virtual
UN/OECD seminar in follow-up to the 2020 Beirut port explosion: Lessons learned, experiences and good practices in managing risks of ammonium nitrate storage, handling and transport in port areas, preventing accidents and mitigating their consequences
14 Dec 2021 12:00 – 16:30
Online
UNECE, ILO, IMO, UNEP/OCHA JEU, UNDRR, OECD
Event | Virtual
On the Road To UNEA 5.2 | Establishing a Science-Policy Panel (SPP) for Chemicals, Waste and Pollution
14 Dec 2021 14:00 – 15:30
Online | Webex
Albania, Mali, North-Macedonia, Switzerland, Uruguay, UNEP Chemicals and Health Branch, GEN
Event | Virtual
UN System Response to Marine Litter and Plastic Pollution | Geneva Beat Plastic Pollution Dialogues
13 Jan 2022 14:00 – 15:30
Online | Webex
GEN, UN EMG
Event | Virtual
8th Replenishment of the GEF Trust Fund – Ambitions for the Chemicals and Waste Cluster
14 Jan 2022 13:00 – 15:00
Online | Webex
BRS, Minamata Convention on Mercury
Event | Virtual
Basis for Financial Cooperation and Technical Assistance in a New Plastic Agreement | Geneva Beat Plastic Pollution Dialogues
18 Jan 2022 14:00 – 15:30
Online | Webex
GEN
Event | Body Meeting
17th meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC.17)
24 – 28 Jan 2022
Geneva or Online
BRS
Event | Body Meeting
17th meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC.17)
24 – 28 Jan 2022
BRS
Event | Virtual
UNEA-5.2 High Level Dialogue on a Global Instrument on Plastic Pollution | Geneva Beat Plastic Pollution Dialogues
01 Feb 2022 14:00 – 15:30
Online | Webex
GEN
Learning
Learning | Online Course
Introductory Course to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
InforMEA
Learning | Online Course
Introductory Course to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
InforMEA
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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