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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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Global Forum on Environment: Towards Cost-effective Management Systems for Industrial and Consumer Chemicals

May 2020

The Global Forum on Environment will discuss the challenges posed by chemicals and provide knowledge on

Emerging Policy Issues: Chemicals in products
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Crops that drive world trade in hazardous pesticides

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Unearthed , Public Eye
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May 2020
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Unearthed and Public Eye analysed more than USD 23bn of agrochemical sales data for 2018 - about 40% of the global market - to identify sales of highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs). Across 12 groups analysed, those shown here accounted for more than four out of every five dollars spent on HHPs.
Emerging Policy Issues: Highly Hazardous Pesticides
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Baseline paint market study in Ecuador (English / Spanish)

May 2020
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The World Health Organization (WHO) with the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has launched the initiative called "Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead Paint" whose goal is to phase-out the manufacture and sale of paintings that contain lead thereby reducing the exposition to this metal and eliminating its risks and effects on the population.In Ecuador, CEER is the technical executor of the project “Lead-free paints”, carried out with the technical support of the Cleaner Production Centre of Serbia, experts from the
Emerging Policy Issues: Lead in paint
Topics: Policymaking
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