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SAICM/GEF Project Aims to Help Indonesia Develop National Standard to Regulate Lead Paint

June 2020

Indonesia has launched a project that will help small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) remove lead in

Emerging Policy Issues: Lead in paint
Factsheets and brochures

Agroecology – a viable option to phase out highly hazardous pesticides in Ethiopia

June 2020
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Agriculture in Ethiopia is the foundation of the country's economy. In an effort to increase production and productivity, the agriculture sector puts the use of inputs like pesticides and fertilizers as driving forces.The use of agricultural inputs, including pesticides, was introduced to smallholder farmers from the 1960s through agricultural extension systems. Since then, pesticide use by smallholder farmers showed a steady growth. This increasing trend in the use of pesticides as part of a development plan poses threats to human
Emerging Policy Issues: Highly Hazardous Pesticides
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Kazakhstan, Nigeria, and South Africa Strengthening Capacity to Manage Chemicals

June 2020

The UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Chemicals and Waste Management Programme is implementing projects to help Kazakhstan

Emerging Policy Issues: Lead in paint
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European Commission Adopts Circular Economy Action Plan

June 2020

The European Commission has adopted a plan focusing on the design and production for a circular

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Market Analysis of the Coating Industry in China

May 2020
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China is a major producer of paints which supplies a considerable share of paints in the world. Key paint production hot spots were identified as Guangdong, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Hunan and Shandong provinces and cities. The cost of removing existing decorative lead paint from surfaces in homes, schools, and other buildings is significant. By comparison, the cost for eliminating the use of lead compounds in new decorative paints is low and alternatives to lead additives are available for all types of
Emerging Policy Issues: Lead in paint
Topics: Policymaking
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EU Chemicals Legislation Finder Enables Companies to Track Legal Obligations

May 2020

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]

Emerging Policy Issues: Chemicals in products
Topics: Knowledge Management
Manuals and toolkits

Guidance to Provide Footprint Information on Sustainable Alternatives

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Life Cycle Initiative
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May 2020
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As there is an increase in communication of concrete recommendations for better solutions and alternatives to build a better economy that protects nature, there is an increased need to back these recommendations with facts and figures about how they contribute to reduce our impact on the planet.In this sense, the life cycle team has pulled together a very simple 2-page guidance on elements to consider when backing up your recommendations with strong life-cycle based science. The 2-pager also provides links
Emerging Policy Issues: Chemicals in products
Topics: Life Cycle
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COVID-19 Impacts on the Global Environmental Agenda: SAICM and ICCM5

May 2020

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

Topics: Knowledge Management
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