18 events found

Plastic in water
28 Nov - 02 Dec 2022
63rd GEF Council Meeting
The 63rd meeting of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council will take place in Washington, D.C., US, in from 28 November to 2 December 2022. The GEF Council is the GEF’s main governing body, comprising 32 members appointed by constituencies of GEF member countries (14 from developed countries, 16 from developing countries, and two from economies in transition). Council members rotate at different intervals determined by each constituency. The Council, which meets twice annually, develops, adopts, and evaluates the operational
Emerging Policy Issues: Chemicals in products
Type of event:Conference
19 Oct 2022
Online discussion: Plastic pollution: ideas for addressing chemicals in plastics
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SAICM
The Secretariat of the Strategic Approach to Chemicals Management (SAICM) and the University of Cape Town (UCT) have established a Community of Practice (CoP) on Chemicals and SDGs to bring representatives from different sectors together and to create a learning network around issues related to addressing Chemicals and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The next online session will be held on 19 October from 10:00 to 11:30 (Central European Time) and the topic will be “Plastic pollution: ideas for addressing
Type of event:Online discussion
23 Nov 2022
Online discussion: Environmental Injustice Issues to Consider for Chemical Risk
The Secretariat of the Strategic Approach to Chemicals Management (SAICM) and the University of Cape Town (UCT) have established a Community of Practice (CoP) on Chemicals and SDGs to bring representatives from different sectors together and to create a learning network around issues related to addressing Chemicals and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The next online session will be held on 23 November from 14:00 to 15:30 (Central European Time) and the topic will be “Environmental Injustice Issues to Consider
Type of event:Online discussion
28 Sep 2022
Online discussion: Plastic Waste and Chemicals
The Secretariat of the Strategic Approach to Chemicals Management (SAICM) and the University of Cape Town (UCT) have established a Community of Practice (CoP) on Chemicals and SDGs to bring representatives from different sectors together and to create a learning network around issues related to addressing Chemicals and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The next online session will be held on 28 September from 14:00 to 15:30 (Central European Time) and the topic will be “Plastic Waste and Chemicals”. Participation
Type of event:Online discussion
chemical contamination
29 Aug - 02 Sep 2022
Fourth Meeting of the SAICM Intersessional Process
The Fourth Meeting of the Intersessional Process (IP4) for Considering the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) and the Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste Beyond 2020 will take place from 29 August-2 September 2022. This meeting was originally scheduled to take place from 23-27 March 2020, but it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The meeting is expected to continue the discussions on a possible post-2020 platform for chemicals and waste management, ahead of the fifth session
Type of event:Conference
06 Jul 2022
Online discussion: Capacity building – tools that are used
The Secretariat of the Strategic Approach to Chemicals Management (SAICM) and the University of Cape Town (UCT) have established a Community of Practice (CoP) on Chemicals and SDGs to bring representatives from different sectors together and to create a learning network around issues related to addressing Chemicals and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The next online session will be held on 6 July from 14:00 to 15:30 (Central European Time) and the topic will be “Capacity building – tools that
Type of event:Online discussion
20 Apr 2022
Online discussion: The Link between Climate Change and Chemical Accidents
The Secretariat of the Strategic Approach to Chemicals Management (SAICM) and the University of Cape Town (UCT) have established a Community of Practice (CoP) on Chemicals and SDGs to bring representatives from different sectors together and to create a learning network around issues related to addressing Chemicals and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The next online session will be held on 20 April from 14:00 to 15:30 (Central European Time) and the topic will be “The Link between Climate Change
Type of event:Online discussion
13 Jan 2022
Webinar on women leadership, chemical safety, and the SDGs
Women’s and men’s bodies are affected differently by certain chemicals – exposure, risk, and impacts can be different between the sexes. Growing evidence indicates that while globally women are disproportionately impacted by exposure to chemicals and wastes, they have less access to participation in the decision-making process around the sound management of chemicals and waste. Despite the fact that women play a major role in managing natural resources and often contribute significantly as household providers e.g., in the agricultural sector
Type of event:Webinar
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