[English: Univ. of Toronto | [French: Univ. of Luxemburg | German: Univ. of Vienna, RWTH Aachen, Univ. of Luxemburg] Environmental scientists, ecologists, and policy experts argue in a letter published in Science that the proposed Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework—a new international agreement to protect biodiversity—fails to account for the totality of chemical pollutants that threaten the […]
The IPCP Stands in Solidarity with Ukraine
The IPCP stands in support of Ukraine. Please consider helping Ukrainians as follows: Share opportunities available to Ukrainian students and researchers on the #ScienceForUkraine website: https://scienceforukraine.eu/help.html Donate directly to help Ukrainian people who cannot flee the war: https://gofund.me/42205682 If you have other ideas for how our global scientific community can help, please share those with […]
Celebrating the First Milestone Towards Establishing a Global Science-Policy Panel
Last week, the United Nations Environment Assembly ( (IPCP) is an international network of academic scientists from all regions of the world supporting environmental and human-health protection from chemical pollution. The IPCP accomplishes this by sharing, comparing and evaluating results of scientific research, identifying areas in which a consensus has been reached, and highlighting major […]
IPCP Letter to Mr. Virginijus Sinkevičius, Commissioner for Environment, European Commission
Today, the IPCP sent a letter to Mr. Virginijus Sinkevičius, Commissioner for Environment, European Commission to urge the EU to support the draft resolution to establish an intergovernmental “Science-Policy Panel to support action on chemicals, waste and pollution.” This draft resolution will be brought forward at the upcoming meeting of the United Nations Environment Assembly […]
Draft risk profile of UV absorber UV-328 adopted by the POPs Review Committee of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
On January 28, the POPs Review Committee (POPRC) of the Stockholm Convention on POPs concluded its 17th meeting. During this meeting, the POPRC worked on several chemicals that currently are under review for inclusion in the Stockholm Convention for a global restriction or ban (meeting report by IISD). One of the candidate POPs considered by […]
Model Letter to Policymakers: Support for Establishing an Intergovernmental Science-Policy Body for Chemicals, Waste and Pollution
MODEL LETTER TO POLICYMAKERS: In response to inquiries from other scientists, we have prepared model letters (in English, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, and Spanish) that others are welcome to use to send to their Ministers and other policymakers requesting that their governments support Costa Rica, Ghana, Mali, Switzerland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and Uruguay’s draft UNEA5.2 […]
Global Chemicals & Waste Management: Workshop on Grand Challenges & Opportunities
FULL RECORDING: DATE: Wednesday, October 20, 2021 TIME: 14:00-18:00 CEST Chemical pollution is a serious global environmental problem next to climate change and biodiversity loss. Despite numerous efforts to curtail and regulate chemicals and waste, major problems and global challenges remain. One grand challenge is the gap between science and policy-making. To address this, […]
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Sign-on Campaign: Academic Scientists Call for a New Global Science-Policy Body
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IPCP Board Member Elections (2021-2024)
The election committee, including Robert Letcher with assistance from Anna Soehl, coordinated the board elections. The IPCP board is thankful to the election committee for the successful elections. The following board members have been reelected to serve another term: Thomas Backhaus, Martin Scheringer, and Noriyuki Suzuki. Four new Members have been elected to join the IPCP Board: Marlene […]