The Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries to adopt a Plastic Pollution Treaty is expected to take place in Ecuador, Peru, Rwanda, or Senegal in mid-2025. The meeting will be held after the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (Plastic Pollution INC) concludes its work. The resumed fifth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2) requested the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Executive Director to convene an INC to develop
The first meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (Plastic Pollution INC-1), will take place from 28 November to 2 December 2022. This meeting is being held pursuant to the resolution adopted by the resumed fifth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2), which requests the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Executive Director to convene an INC to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic
The third meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) for the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) took place from 2-4 April 2019, in Montevideo, Uruguay. The functions of the OEWG are to consider the implementation, development and enhancement of SAICM, including by: Reviewing and prioritizing proposals for emerging policy issues in preparation of the next session of the Conference; Continuing discussion on work on emerging policy issues; Considering proposals for the inclusion of new activities in the Global
The first meeting of the intersessional process took place in Brasilia, Brazil, from 7 to 9 February 2017. IISD Reporting Services / ENB Coverage http://enb.iisd.org/chemical/SAICM/iccm5/ip1/ Meeting Documents SAICM/IP.1/1 Provisional agenda SAICM/IP.1/1/Rev.1 Provisional agenda (Revised) SAICM/IP.1/2 Annotations to the provisional agenda SAICM/IP.1/3/Rev.1 Scenario note SAICM/IP.1/4 "Thought starter" SAICM and the sound management of chemicals and waste beyond 2020 - (*Reissued for technical reasons on 24 January 2017) SAICM/IP.1/5 Interim report of the independent evaluation of the Strategic Approach for 2006 -
