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Factsheets and brochures

Using a value chain approach to reduce chemicals of concern

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October 2021
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Chemicals of concern (CoCs) contained in everyday products can have harmful impacts on human health and the environment. While chemical-related impacts can often occur during a product’s use or end-of-life, decisions influencing product ingredients are taken further upstream of the value chain. Action to address CoCs in products thus need to consider the entire value chain and impactful interventions need to be made at upstream stages to protect human health and the environment from chemical pollution. UNEP is working on
Emerging Policy Issues: Chemicals in products
Topics: Chemicals in electronics Chemicals in toys Chemicals in textiles Chemicals in building products
Community of practice summary of discussions

Climate Change and Chemicals: Connections and Consequences

September 2021
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The Secretariat of the Strategic Approach to Chemicals Management (SAICM) and the University of Cape Town (UCT) have launched 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). This is a summary of the discussion on Climate Change and Chemicals: Connections and Consequences, which took place on 22 September 2021.Presenters: Prof. Alistair Boxall (ECORISC CDT)
Topics: Sustainable Development Goals Knowledge Management
Community of practice summary of discussions

Innovation for achieving the Chemical related SDGs

October 2021
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The Secretariat of the Strategic Approach to Chemicals Management (SAICM) and the University of Cape Town (UCT) have launched 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). This is a summary of the discussion on Innovation for achieving the Chemical related SDGs, which took place on 26 October 2021.Presenters: Dr. Claudio Cinquemani (ISC3), Dr
Topics: Sustainable Development Goals Knowledge Management

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https://saicmknowledge.org/index%2ephp/events/online-discussion-plastic-pollution-ideas-addressing-chemicals-plastics
Online discussion: Plastic pollution: ideas for addressing chemicals in plastics

The Secretariat of the Strategic Approach to Chemicals Management (SAICM) and the University of Cape Town

SAICMUCT CDSG CoP Discussion 3 2022 digest
Community of practice summary of discussions

Plastic pollution: ideas for addressing chemicals in plastics

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October 2022
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The Secretariat of the Strategic Approach to Chemicals Management (SAICM) and the University of Cape Town (UCT) have launched 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). This is a summary of the discussion on Plastic pollution: ideas for addressing chemicals in plastics, which took place on 19 October 2022.

Presenters: Brenda Koekkoek (UNEP), Jost Dittkrist (UNEP), Dr. Eeva Leinala (OECD), Mochamad Adi Septiono (Nexus3 Foundation)

Topics: Sustainable Development Goals Knowledge Management

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https://saicmknowledge.org/index%2ephp/events/plastic-pollution-inc-1
Plastic Pollution INC-1

The first meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) to develop an international legally binding instrument

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https://saicmknowledge.org/index%2ephp/events/63rd-gef-council-meeting
63rd GEF Council Meeting

The 63rd meeting of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council will take place in Washington, D.C

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Sustainable Development Goals (64) Chemicals in textiles (12)
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