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Working Group on Chemical Issues of Concern Publishes Proposals for Beyond 2020
The final report of the virtual working group proposes text and provides a brief rationale for each proposal. The VWG said the process for addressing "issues of concern" should be: simple, inclusive and transparent; promote greater ownership; enhance implementation; and consider the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The group agreed the ICCM is the appropriate body to take decisions regarding the future of current emerging policy issues and other issues of concern. Read More
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Experts Propose Targets, Process to Establish Indicators for Beyond 2020 Chemicals Framework
The report of the virtual working group details considerations and components of each target, to provide explanations and rationales to further inform the process, and to serve as a “guide” for the wording of targets. The Group generally agreed further work is required to develop draft targets before extensive work on indicators and milestones. Read More
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Interactive Tool Illuminates Status of National Lead Paint Laws
The interactive map shows the status of national lead paint laws around the world as of February 2021. The map sorts countries with lead paint laws by income level among other types of information. Colombia and Vietnam are the most recent countries to establish lead paint laws. Read More
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Drafting Group Considers Terminology for Chemicals and Waste Declaration
A number of participants supported specific reference to the precautionary principle in the declaration. Some called for reference to an independent global fund that would support implementation of the new instrument. The fifth meeting of the HLD informal drafting group will meet on 4 May 2021. Read More
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Read More <i class="glyphicon glyphicon-menu-right" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="whatnew-img"> <div class="tag blue1">Community of practice summary of discussions</div> <a target='_blank' href='/library/where-are-there-laws-global-and-regional-overview'> <img src="https://saicmknowledge.org/sites/default/files/styles/publication_cover/public/publication/LiP%20CoP%202021%20discussion%201%20digest%20-%20English.png?itok=hh67s2PV" alt="Where are there laws? A global and regional overview"> </a> </div> <div class="whatnew-text"> <h2>Where are there laws? A global and regional overview</h2> <p>The Secretariat of the Strategic Approach to Chemicals Management (SAICM) and the University of Cape Town (UCT) have established a <a... <a class="more" target="_blank" href="/library/where-are-there-laws-global-and-regional-overview">Read More <i class="glyphicon glyphicon-menu-right" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="whatnew-img"> <div class="tag blue1">Academic article</div> <a target='_blank' href='/library/exposure-and-toxicity-characterization-chemical-emissions-and-chemicals-products-global'> <img src="https://saicmknowledge.org/sites/default/files/styles/publication_cover/public/publication/Fantke_2021a.png?itok=5zHkhful" alt="Exposure and toxicity characterization of chemical emissions and chemicals in products: global recommendations and implementation in USEtox"> </a> </div> <div class="whatnew-text"> <h2>Exposure and toxicity characterization of chemical emissions and chemicals in products: global recommendations and implementation in USEtox</h2> <p>Reducing chemical pressure on human and environmental health is an integral part of the global sustainability agenda. Guidelines for deriving... <a class="more" target="_blank" href="/library/exposure-and-toxicity-characterization-chemical-emissions-and-chemicals-products-global">Read More <i class="glyphicon glyphicon-menu-right" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <div class="whatnew-img"> <div class="tag blue1">Policy document</div> <a target='_blank' href='/library/new-digital-technologies-tackle-trade-illegal-pesticides'> <img src="https://saicmknowledge.org/sites/default/files/styles/publication_cover/public/publication/9383b310-en.png?itok=S4ayJM21" alt="New digital technologies to tackle trade in illegal pesticides"> </a> </div> <div class="whatnew-text"> <h2>New digital technologies to tackle trade in illegal pesticides</h2> <p>Global trade in illegal pesticides has been steadily growing in recent years, posing serious threats to agriculture, the environment, human... <a class="more" target="_blank" href="/library/new-digital-technologies-tackle-trade-illegal-pesticides">Read More <i class="glyphicon glyphicon-menu-right" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <div class="whatnew-img"> <div class="tag blue1">Article</div> <a target='_blank' href='/library/virtual-working-group-develops-options-science-policy-interface'> <img src="https://saicmknowledge.org/sites/default/files/styles/publication_cover/public/publication/chemical%20structure_1.jpg?itok=W3yWK-Hc" alt="Virtual Working Group Develops Options for Science-Policy Interface"> </a> </div> <div class="whatnew-text"> <h2>Virtual Working Group Develops Options for Science-Policy Interface</h2> The Virtual Working Group on Governance and Mechanisms to Support Implementation is one of four groups that recently completed their work ahead of IP4 and ICCM5. The group identified two options for establishing a science-policy interface: within the Beyond 2020 instrument, or an intergovernmental body comparable to the IPCC or IPBES. The VWG agreed that reports should be compiled and considered in a standardized, productive, and understandable manner, so the ICCM can use them to assess progress. <a class="more" target="_blank" href="/library/virtual-working-group-develops-options-science-policy-interface">Read More <i class="glyphicon glyphicon-menu-right" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even"> <div class="whatnew-img"> <div class="tag blue1">Article</div> <a target='_blank' href='/library/unep-finds-more-half-all-countries-have-binding-lead-limits-or-are-drafting-laws'> <img src="https://saicmknowledge.org/sites/default/files/styles/publication_cover/public/publication/peeling.jpg?itok=WQ8D1But" alt="UNEP Finds More than Half of All Countries Have Binding Lead Limits or Are Drafting Laws"> </a> </div> <div class="whatnew-text"> <h2>UNEP Finds More than Half of All Countries Have Binding Lead Limits or Are Drafting Laws</h2> Colombia, Lebanon and Viet Nam established new lead paint laws in 2020. As of 31 December 2020, 79 countries have legally binding controls in place to limit the production, import and sale of lead paints, while another 26 are in the early or final stages of drafting laws. Countries that have enacted laws have either established a single regulatory limit on total lead concentration in paint or established chemical-specific regulatory limits. <a class="more" target="_blank" href="/library/unep-finds-more-half-all-countries-have-binding-lead-limits-or-are-drafting-laws">Read More <i class="glyphicon glyphicon-menu-right" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-11 views-row-odd"> <div class="whatnew-img"> <div class="tag blue1">Article</div> <a target='_blank' href='/library/hazardous-substances-undermine-human-rights-health-life-ohchr-and-unep'> <img src="https://saicmknowledge.org/sites/default/files/styles/publication_cover/public/publication/bike.jpg?itok=xu-YakDu" alt="Hazardous Substances Undermine Human Rights to Health, Life: OHCHR and UNEP"> </a> </div> <div class="whatnew-text"> <h2>Hazardous Substances Undermine Human Rights to Health, Life: OHCHR and UNEP</h2> The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the UN Environmental Programme have issued a set of Key Messages to highlight human rights obligations and responsibilities for preventing and remedying the harmful effects of hazardous substances. Pollution is the largest source of premature deaths in developing countries. Human rights laws, norms, and standards must be applied to ensure those responsible for the harmful impacts of hazardous substances are held legally accountable, the authors stress. <a class="more" target="_blank" href="/library/hazardous-substances-undermine-human-rights-health-life-ohchr-and-unep">Read More <i class="glyphicon glyphicon-menu-right" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-12 views-row-even"> <div class="whatnew-img"> <div class="tag blue1">Academic article</div> <a target='_blank' href='/library/blood-lead-levels-low-income-and-middle-income-countries-systematic-review'> <img src="https://saicmknowledge.org/sites/default/files/styles/publication_cover/public/publication/Blood%20lead%20levels%20in%20low-income%20and%20mid...png?itok=RBjuYY0Z" alt="Blood lead levels in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review"> </a> </div> <div class="whatnew-text"> <h2>Blood lead levels in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review</h2> <p>Since the global phase-out of leaded petrol, reports have suggested that lead exposure remains substantial or is increasing in some low-income... <a class="more" target="_blank" href="/library/blood-lead-levels-low-income-and-middle-income-countries-systematic-review">Read More <i class="glyphicon glyphicon-menu-right" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-13 views-row-odd"> <div class="whatnew-img"> <div class="tag blue1">Article</div> <a target='_blank' href='/library/working-group-proposes-process-address-chemical-issues-concern'> <img src="https://saicmknowledge.org/sites/default/files/styles/publication_cover/public/publication/painters%20palette.jpg?itok=uwzzRpjp" alt="Working Group Proposes Process to Address Chemical Issues of Concern"> </a> </div> <div class="whatnew-text"> <h2>Working Group Proposes Process to Address Chemical Issues of Concern</h2> A working group has proposed a process for addressing issues of concern related to the sound management of chemicals and waste beyond 2020. Participants proposed establishing multi-stakeholder committees to guide efforts and implementation on individual issues of concern. A group of NGOs proposed a set of “trigger criteria” to review existing issues of concern when voluntary work is insufficient.  <a class="more" target="_blank" href="/library/working-group-proposes-process-address-chemical-issues-concern">Read More <i class="glyphicon glyphicon-menu-right" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-14 views-row-even"> <div class="whatnew-img"> <div class="tag blue1">Article</div> <a target='_blank' href='/library/working-group-generates-ideas-financing-chemicals-work-beyond-2020'> <img src="https://saicmknowledge.org/sites/default/files/styles/publication_cover/public/publication/money_0.jpg?itok=l4YCp-Ve" alt="Working Group Generates Ideas for Financing Chemicals Work Beyond 2020"> </a> </div> <div class="whatnew-text"> <h2>Working Group Generates Ideas for Financing Chemicals Work Beyond 2020</h2> A virtual working group advanced work on financing for the Beyond 2020 chemicals framework. Participants supported a proposal to establish a clearinghouse mechanism to track development aid, and said the eighth GEF replenishment should prioritize building on established areas of international concern. The ICCA proposed a capacity-building clearinghouse mechanism for capacity-building efforts. <a class="more" target="_blank" href="/library/working-group-generates-ideas-financing-chemicals-work-beyond-2020">Read More <i class="glyphicon glyphicon-menu-right" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-15 views-row-odd"> <div class="whatnew-img"> <div class="tag blue1">Article</div> <a target='_blank' href='/library/harmful-chemicals-found-25-childrens-toys-unep-study-finds'> <img src="https://saicmknowledge.org/sites/default/files/styles/publication_cover/public/publication/school%20line.jpg?itok=YVnwMr3y" alt="Harmful Chemicals Found in 25% of Children's Toys, UNEP Study Finds"> </a> </div> <div class="whatnew-text"> <h2>Harmful Chemicals Found in 25% of Children's Toys, UNEP Study Finds</h2> Infants and young children are particularly sensitive to chemical exposure due to their rapid metabolic rate, high surface area to body weight ratio, and fast growing organs and tissues. Numerous regulations worldwide limit and control the application of harmful additives and potentially toxic chemicals in plastic toys. The study introduces a new metric to benchmark chemical contents in toy materials based on exposure and risk. <a class="more" target="_blank" href="/library/harmful-chemicals-found-25-childrens-toys-unep-study-finds">Read More <i class="glyphicon glyphicon-menu-right" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-16 views-row-even"> <div class="whatnew-img"> <div class="tag blue1">Policy document</div> <a target='_blank' href='/library/guidance-key-considerations-identification-and-selection-safer-chemical-alternatives'> <img src="https://saicmknowledge.org/sites/default/files/styles/publication_cover/public/publication/guidance-on-key-considerations-for-the-identification-and-selection-of-safer-chemical-alternatives.png?itok=3ZcZxc0n" alt="Guidance on key considerations for the identification and selection of safer chemical alternatives"> </a> </div> <div class="whatnew-text"> <h2>Guidance on key considerations for the identification and selection of safer chemical alternatives</h2> <p>The aim of the guidance is to advance broader agreement on a general approach and criteria for the selection of safer alternatives, with a focus... <a class="more" target="_blank" href="/library/guidance-key-considerations-identification-and-selection-safer-chemical-alternatives">Read More <i class="glyphicon glyphicon-menu-right" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-17 views-row-odd"> <div class="whatnew-img"> <div class="tag blue1">Video</div> <a target='_blank' href='/library/gender-equality-make-mercury-history'> <img src="https://saicmknowledge.org/sites/default/files/styles/publication_cover/public/publication/IWD21ASGM-youtube.jpg?itok=Lj1Ifabq" alt="Gender equality to make mercury history"> </a> </div> <div class="whatnew-text"> <h2>Gender equality to make mercury history</h2> <p>On International Women’s Day, the Secretariat of the Minamata Convention on Mercury launched a video on how women are more negatively impacted... <a class="more" target="_blank" href="/library/gender-equality-make-mercury-history">Read More <i class="glyphicon glyphicon-menu-right" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-18 views-row-even"> <div class="whatnew-img"> <div class="tag blue1">Report</div> <a target='_blank' href='/library/single-use-plastic-products-supp-and-their-alternatives-recommendations-life-cycle'> <img src="https://saicmknowledge.org/sites/default/files/styles/publication_cover/public/publication/SUPP-integrative-report-thumb.jpg?itok=CyEe0g1L" alt="Single-Use Plastic Products (SUPP) and their alternatives: Recommendations from Life Cycle Assessments"> </a> </div> <div class="whatnew-text"> <h2>Single-Use Plastic Products (SUPP) and their alternatives: Recommendations from Life Cycle Assessments</h2> <p>UN Environment Programme (UNEP) defines single use plastic products as “an umbrella term for different types of products that are typically used... <a class="more" target="_blank" href="/library/single-use-plastic-products-supp-and-their-alternatives-recommendations-life-cycle">Read More <i class="glyphicon glyphicon-menu-right" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-19 views-row-odd"> <div class="whatnew-img"> <div class="tag blue1">Article</div> <a target='_blank' href='/library/chemicals-working-group-recommends-targets-beyond-2020-framework'> <img src="https://saicmknowledge.org/sites/default/files/styles/publication_cover/public/publication/chemical%20structure_0.jpg?itok=uvCDYz2E" alt="Chemicals Working Group Recommends Targets for Beyond 2020 Framework"> </a> </div> <div class="whatnew-text"> <h2>Chemicals Working Group Recommends Targets for Beyond 2020 Framework</h2> A virtual working group on targets, indicators and milestones for the Beyond 2020 chemicals framework has developed recommendations on indicators and milestones for a set of targets proposed in 2020. The recommendations will be discussed during the fourth meeting of the intersessional process considering the Strategic Approach and sound management of chemicals and waste beyond 2020 and the fifth session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management. <a class="more" target="_blank" href="/library/chemicals-working-group-recommends-targets-beyond-2020-framework">Read More <i class="glyphicon glyphicon-menu-right" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-20 views-row-even"> <div class="whatnew-img"> <div class="tag blue1">Article</div> <a target='_blank' href='/library/intersessional-work-advances-towards-beyond-2020-chemicals-framework'> <img src="https://saicmknowledge.org/sites/default/files/styles/publication_cover/public/publication/map.jpg?itok=ziW9svIa" alt="Intersessional Work Advances Towards Beyond 2020 Chemicals Framework"> </a> </div> <div class="whatnew-text"> <h2>Intersessional Work Advances Towards Beyond 2020 Chemicals Framework</h2> The virtual intersessional work to advance the Beyond 2020 chemicals framework includes four working groups, which recently completed their work, as well as a technical briefing series and consultations on a high-level declaration for ICCM5. Upcoming technical briefings will address a new legal study on ILO chemical instruments, and the High Ambition Alliance on action on chemicals and waste at all levels in the context of the Beyond 2020 process. The outcomes of the intersessional work will be discussed during IP4 and ICCM5.  <a class="more" target="_blank" href="/library/intersessional-work-advances-towards-beyond-2020-chemicals-framework">Read More <i class="glyphicon glyphicon-menu-right" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-21 views-row-odd"> <div class="whatnew-img"> <div class="tag blue1">Article</div> <a target='_blank' href='/library/pace-releases-guidance-circular-economy-transition-five-sectors'> <img src="https://saicmknowledge.org/sites/default/files/styles/publication_cover/public/publication/sdg%20clothes.jpg?itok=NuxYroiG" alt="PACE Releases Guidance for Circular Economy Transition in Five Sectors"> </a> </div> <div class="whatnew-text"> <h2>PACE Releases Guidance for Circular Economy Transition in Five Sectors</h2> The reports describe what a circular economy looks like for electronics, textiles, food, plastics, and capital equipment. They highlight the impact on people and the planet if those objectives were to be achieved, the barriers that stand to hinder implementation, and actions that can optimize the sector’s transition towards a more circular economy. The reports point to trade as a catalyst for the transition to circularity. <a class="more" target="_blank" href="/library/pace-releases-guidance-circular-economy-transition-five-sectors">Read More <i class="glyphicon glyphicon-menu-right" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-22 views-row-even"> <div class="whatnew-img"> <div class="tag blue1">Article</div> <a target='_blank' href='/library/informal-group-reviews-draft-high-level-declaration-iccm5'> <img src="https://saicmknowledge.org/sites/default/files/styles/publication_cover/public/publication/magnifying%20glass_1.jpg?itok=tnchoJOD" alt="Informal Group Reviews Draft High-level Declaration for ICCM5"> </a> </div> <div class="whatnew-text"> <h2>Informal Group Reviews Draft High-level Declaration for ICCM5</h2> The drafting group held its third virtual meeting on 9 February 2021 to discuss the text. Participants disagreed on the scope of the declaration, with some preferring a focus on the beyond 2020 instrument and others calling for a broader agenda on chemicals and waste and potentially linkages to biodiversity and climate. With the further postponement of ICCM5, an additional meeting of the informal drafting group will take place on 9 March 2021. <a class="more" target="_blank" href="/library/informal-group-reviews-draft-high-level-declaration-iccm5">Read More <i class="glyphicon glyphicon-menu-right" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-23 views-row-odd"> <div class="whatnew-img"> <div class="tag blue1">Article</div> <a target='_blank' href='/library/experts-call-new-ways-identify-and-address-chemical-issues-concern'> <img src="https://saicmknowledge.org/sites/default/files/styles/publication_cover/public/publication/painter_0.jpg?itok=FaLfBXJ0" alt="Experts Call for New Ways to Identify and Address Chemical Issues of Concern"> </a> </div> <div class="whatnew-text"> <h2>Experts Call for New Ways to Identify and Address Chemical Issues of Concern</h2> Technical briefings are a component of the intersessional process leading to ICCM 5. Stakeholders highlighted limitations of the current system and the need to elaborate a process for identifying issues of concern in the SAICM successor agreement. Some suggested that a science-policy interface could conduct assessments, inform policymakers and the public to raise awareness, and facilitate the identification of issues of concern. <a class="more" target="_blank" href="/library/experts-call-new-ways-identify-and-address-chemical-issues-concern">Read More <i class="glyphicon glyphicon-menu-right" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-24 views-row-even"> <div class="whatnew-img"> <div class="tag blue1">Article</div> <a target='_blank' href='/library/minamata-convention-progress-report-highlights-actions-mercury-management'> <img src="https://saicmknowledge.org/sites/default/files/styles/publication_cover/public/publication/gold%20nuggets.jpg?itok=WCNYjid3" alt="Minamata Convention Progress Report Highlights Actions on Mercury Management"> </a> </div> <div class="whatnew-text"> <h2>Minamata Convention Progress Report Highlights Actions on Mercury Management</h2> Scientific and technical activities described in the report include a review of products and processes that use mercury, and the means by which parties to the Convention can distinguish mercury-added products via customs codes for internationally traded goods. A project is underway to develop an integrated management system for the management of seized mercury to promote traceability and reduce illegal trade of mercury. The fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention, held once every two years, is scheduled to take place from 1-5 November 2021 in Bali, Indonesia. <a class="more" target="_blank" href="/library/minamata-convention-progress-report-highlights-actions-mercury-management">Read More <i class="glyphicon glyphicon-menu-right" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-25 views-row-odd views-row-last"> <div class="whatnew-img"> <div class="tag blue1">Report</div> <a target='_blank' href='/library/chemicals-concern-health-sector'> <img src="https://saicmknowledge.org/sites/default/files/styles/publication_cover/public/publication/Chemicals%20of%20Concern%20to%20Health%20and%20Environment.png?itok=K8-H084B" alt="Chemicals of Concern for the Health Sector"> </a> </div> <div class="whatnew-text"> <h2>Chemicals of Concern for the Health Sector</h2> This document includes a list of chemicals of concern to human health and the environment. The list is based on systematic evidence reviews from authoritative sources, which identify chemical and material hazards of concern that are carcinogenic, mutagenic, endocrine disrupting and reproductive hazards (health hazards) and bio- accumulative and persistent to the environment and/or listed in International Environmental instruments (Conventions). <a class="more" target="_blank" href="/library/chemicals-concern-health-sector">Read More <i class="glyphicon glyphicon-menu-right" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> </div> </li> </ul></div> </div> <div class="item-list"><ul class="pager"><li class="pager-previous first"> </li> <li class="pager-current">1 of 14</li> <li class="pager-next last"><a title="Go to next page" href="/library?page=1">next ›</a></li> </ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></article>  <div class="col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-12 search"> <div class="section"> <div class="region region-sidebar-second"> <div id="block-searchterms-searchterms-right-library" 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