Geneva Briefings (OEWG-3 Day 3)

The third and final scheduled session of the ad hoc Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG-3) on the Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution Prevention is taking place in Geneva, Switzerland on June 17–21, 2024. IPCP Board Members are in attendance and are providing their daily summaries. Policy briefs and other documents prepared by the IPCP as inputs to the process are available on the IPCP publications page.

Geneva Briefings (OEWG-3 Day 2)

The third and final scheduled session of the ad hoc Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG-3) on the Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution Prevention is taking place in Geneva, Switzerland on June 17–21, 2024. IPCP Board Members are in attendance and are providing their daily summaries. Policy briefs and other documents prepared by the IPCP as inputs to the process are available on the IPCP publications page.

Geneva Briefings (OEWG-3 Day 1)

The third and final scheduled session of the ad hoc Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG-3) on the Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution Prevention is taking place in Geneva, Switzerland on June 17–21, 2024. IPCP Board Members are in attendance and are providing their daily summaries. Policy briefs and other documents prepared by the IPCP as inputs to the process are available on the IPCP publications page.

Geneva Briefings (OEWG-3 Preparatory Meetings)

The third and final scheduled session of the ad hoc Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG-3) on the Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution Prevention is taking place in Geneva, Switzerland on June 17–21, 2024. IPCP Board Members are in attendance and are providing their daily summaries. Policy briefs and other documents prepared by the IPCP as inputs to the process are available on the IPCP publications page.

IPCP Policy Brief: The precautionary principle as an important element of the SPP’s work

The precautionary principle is a well-established element of international
environmental policy, which is enshrined in several national and international laws, and is grounded in scientic rationality. The precautionary principle is not speculative, but it involves empirical evidence of a threat and applies an extrapolation from threat to possible impacts that is informed by scientifically understood causal mechanisms.

Environmental Science & Technology Letters: Exploring Outputs of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste, and Pollution Prevention

A peer-reviewed article co-authored by a number of IPCP members and colleagues provides examples of assessments that the intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on chemicals, waste, and pollution prevention being established under a mandate of the United Nations Environment Assembly could take on. The Panel is being established under a mandate of the United Nations Environment Assembly.

Virtual Workshop: Science and Capacity Building on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution Prevention

Miriam Diamond, the IPCP board vice chair, will be a speaker at an upcoming “Science and Capacity Building on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution Prevention” virtual workshop. The event is free and open to all registered participants. The workshop is co-sponsored by Norway’s Institute of Marine Research, Aarhus University, Denmark & AMAP, University of Massachusetts Amherst, […]

Geneva Environment Network Webinar: Towards a Science-Policy Panel to Contribute Further to the Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste and to Prevent Pollution: An Overview

Miriam Diamond, the IPCP board vice chair, will be a speaker at an upcoming Geneva Environment Network webinar: Towards a Science-Policy Panel to Contribute Further to the Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste and to Prevent Pollution: An Overview. Featured speakers will present on their participation at different stages in this process, with the aim […]