Here are brief summaries of some of key IPCP efforts that the board has been involved in.
IPCP Social @SETAC Vienna
IPCP Social @SETAC ViennaDATE: Tuesday, May 13TIME: 18:15WHERE: Main entry to SETAC venue (The Austria Center Vienna)RSVP: https://forms.gle/FzzJmJAHJxdKet8B6 Previous PostIPCP Policy Brief: Exploring outputs of the SPP on chemicals, waste and pollution preventionNext PostThis is a post with default editor
IPCP Board Member Elections (2025-2028)
The International Panel on Chemical Pollution Election Committee (IPCP-EC), consisting of Robert Letcher and Anna Soehl, coordinated the IPCP Board elections for a 4-year term: 2025-2028. The following Board Members have been reelected to serve another term: Marlene Ågerstrand,
Science-Policy Panel Briefs
The third session of the ad hoc United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Open-Ended Working Group on the Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution Prevention will resume in Uruguay on June 15-18, 2025. Policy briefs and other documents prepared by
Environmental Science & Technology Best Paper Award
The paper analyzes the critical issue of conflicts of interest in the soon to be established intergovernmental Science Policy Panel on chemicals, waste, and pollution prevention. We expose tactics used by vested interests to manipulate evidence, evaluate arguments for and against industry participation in the new panel, and provide recommendations for protecting the panel’s integrity.
Blog: Will we get transformative change under the Science-Policy Panel for chemicals, waste and to prevent pollution
The SPP offers great promise to address threats to the Earth’s biophysical systems and human health posed by pollution and waste by harnessing people’s needs for a safe and healthy planet and the expertise needed to explore ways to get to that goal. We need to manage the SPP so that evidence, and not ideology or vested interests, allows us to seek the transformative change needed to avert impending harms to human and ecosystem health from chemicals and waste, as one component of the triple planetary threats that include climate change and loss of biodiversity.
Busan Briefings: Day 7 reflections at INC-5 on Plastic Pollution: Navigating science and policy
The 5th session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to Develop an International Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution, Including in the Marine Environment (INC-5) is taking place in in Busan, Republic of Korea on 25 November – 1 December 2024. An IPCP Member is attending and providing daily summaries.
Busan Briefings: Day 6 reflections at INC-5 on Plastic Pollution: Navigating science and policy on plastic pollution
The 5th session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to Develop an International Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution, Including in the Marine Environment (INC-5) is taking place in in Busan, Republic of Korea on 25 November – 1 December 2024. An IPCP Member is attending and providing daily summaries.
Busan Briefings: Day 5 reflections at INC-5 on Plastic Pollution: A quiet day with deep questions
The 5th session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to Develop an International Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution, Including in the Marine Environment (INC-5) is taking place in in Busan, Republic of Korea on 25 November – 1 December 2024. An IPCP Member is attending and providing daily summaries.
Busan Briefings: Day 4 reflections at INC-5 on Plastic Pollution: Moving, but not moving
The 5th session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to Develop an International Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution, Including in the Marine Environment (INC-5) is taking place in in Busan, Republic of Korea on 25 November – 1 December 2024. An IPCP Member is attending and providing daily summaries.