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
A technical expert workshop on indicators, generously hosted by the Government of the United Kingdom, was held from 3 to 5 September 2019 in Cambridge, United Kingdom. The workshop was run by the UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC). The overall objective of the workshop was for participating experts to: Identify and review existing and potential new indicators and indicator criteria to enable assessment of global progress towards the proposed strategic objectives for chemicals and waste; and Provide information
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 -
