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Global Plastic Outlook Calls for More Circularity, National Roadmaps

March 2022

Growing awareness of plastic pollution has influenced public opinion and led to stronger policy interventions, according to

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GREEN Labelling System for Sustainable Building Materials and Products

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March 2022
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Sri Lanka, like other countries around the world, is facing an immense challenge, to create sustainable buildings for the future. Buildings are the major source of demand for energy and construction materials which produce a significant amount of by-product greenhouse gases. Studies show that the building sector accounts for over 40 percent of the world’s energy requirements and that a large percentage of the present energy consumption and carbon dioxide generation could be saved by applying certification standards such as
Emerging Policy Issues: Chemicals in products
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Pollutant Registers Used to Assess Progress on Sustainability

February 2022

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has published a report on using pollutant release

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Pesticide, Plastic Stabilizer among Chemicals Advanced for Stockholm Review

February 2022

The Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Review Committee (POPRC) to the Stockholm Convention  on persistent organic pollutants

Emerging Policy Issues: Highly Hazardous Pesticides
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GREEN Rating System for New Constructions

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February 2022
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The natural environment together with our economy, health and productivity are immensely affected by the performance of the built environment. According to the Global Status Report 2020, CO2 emissions from the operation of buildings have increased to their highest level yet at around 28% of total global energy-related CO2 emissions. With the inclusion of emissions from the buildings construction industry, this share increases to 38% of total global energy-related CO2 emissions while the total final energy consumption of the global
Emerging Policy Issues: Chemicals in products
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In-Person Segment of UNEA-5 to Address Chemicals, Marine Plastics, Green Recovery

January 2022

Chemicals and waste management, marine litter and a green recovery from COVID-19 are some of the

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Ecolabeling a Critical Tool to Manage Chemicals in Electronics

January 2022

Ecolabeling initiatives can help manage chemicals of concern in the electronics sector, according to a report

Emerging Policy Issues: Hazardous chemicals in electronics
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Study Estimates Risk of Chemicals in Products to Young Children

December 2021

In their early years, children mouth a variety of products, such as toys, teethers, and pacifiers

Emerging Policy Issues: Chemicals in products
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