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Global Chemicals Outlook II: From Legacies to Innovative Solutions

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April 2019

The Global Chemicals Outlook II – From Legacies to Innovative Solutions: Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, mandated by the UN Environment Assembly in 2016, seeks to alert policymakers and other stakeholders to the critical role of the sound management of chemicals and waste in sustainable development. It takes stock of global trends as well as progress made and gaps in achieving the global goal to minimize the adverse impacts from chemicals and waste by 2020.Part I of the

Emerging Policy Issues: Chemicals in products

Topics: Chemicals in textiles

Eduardo Caldera Petit

Programme Officer at UNEP

Topics of expertise: Hazardous chemicals in electronics Knowledge Management

Bettina Heller

Programme Officer, Consumption and Production Unit at UNEP

Topics of expertise: Chemicals in products Hazardous chemicals in electronics Eco-innovation Chemicals in building products Chemicals in textiles Chemicals in toys Circularity

https://saicmknowledge.org/index%2ephp/articles/saicm-launches-project-best-practices-chemical-policy-issues-concern-0

SAICM Launches Project on Best Practices for Chemical Policy Issues of Concern

16 January 2019: The Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) Secretariat launched a project on

Amal Saad-Hussein

Research Professor

Country: Egypt

Topics of expertise: Pharmaceutical pollutants Perfluorinated Chemicals Lead in paint Highly Hazardous Pesticides Hazardous chemicals in electronics Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals Sustainable Development Goals Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) Awareness-raising Chemicals in toys Chemicals in textiles

Rebecca Mlelwa

Lecturer

Country: South Africa

Topics of expertise: Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals Chemicals in products Sustainable Development Goals Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) Knowledge Management Awareness-raising Chemicals in toys

A Ramesh Kumar

Scientist/Researcher

Country: India

Topics of expertise: Lead in paint Hazardous chemicals in electronics Chemicals in products Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) Chemicals in toys Chemicals in textiles

Claudia Viviane Viegas

Researcher

Topics of expertise: Knowledge Management

https://saicmknowledge.org/index%2ephp/articles/covid-19-impacts-global-environmental-agenda-saicm-and-iccm5

COVID-19 Impacts on the Global Environmental Agenda: SAICM and ICCM5

ICCM5 was scheduled to take place in October 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the session has been rescheduled to take place from 5-9 July 2021, in Bonn, Germany.

Speakers for the 19 May online dialogue will include:

Nalini SHARMA, Head, SAICM Secretariat
Manal AZZI, Senior Specialist on Occupational Safety and Health. International Labour Organization
Carolyn VICKERS Head, Chemical Safety and Health Unit World Health Organization
Valentina SIERRA, Permanent Mission of Uruguay to the UN in Geneva (ICCM5 Bureau)
Giulia CARLINI, Staff Attorney, Environmental Health Program, Center for International Environmental Law
Monika GAIL MACDEVETTE, Chief, Chemicals and Health Branch, UNEP

date: 19 May 2020
location: virtual
www: https://genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/19may2020.html

https://saicmknowledge.org/index%2ephp/articles/eu-chemicals-legislation-finder-enables-companies-track-legal-obligations

EU Chemicals Legislation Finder Enables Companies to Track Legal Obligations

video tutorial helps users find chemicals with the EUCLEF.

Companies will also be able to ask questions about EU chemicals legislation covered by EUCLEF through a dedicated regulatory support service. The EU Programme for Competitiveness of Enterprises and SMEs is funding the online service. [EU Chemicals Legislation Finder] [ECHA Press Release]