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SAICM/GEF Project Aims to Help Indonesia Develop National Standard to Regulate Lead Paint
Indonesia has launched a project that will help small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) remove lead in
Kazakhstan, Nigeria, and South Africa Strengthening Capacity to Manage Chemicals
The UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Chemicals and Waste Management Programme is implementing projects to help Kazakhstan
European Commission Adopts Circular Economy Action Plan
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]
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
Global Forum on Environment: Towards Cost-effective Management Systems for Industrial and Consumer Chemicals
The Global Forum on Environment will discuss the challenges posed by chemicals and provide knowledge on
Crops that drive world trade in hazardous pesticides