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Community of practice

https://saicmknowledge.org/communities/chemicals-and-sdgs
Chemicals and SDGs
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 SDGs were adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations in September 2015. The SDGs aim to meet the dual challenge of overcoming poverty and protecting the planet. They highlight

Community of practice

https://saicmknowledge.org/communities/chemicals-products
Chemicals in Products

Chemicals are important components in many of the products modern society uses and relies on. However, Chemicals of Concern may be  released at any stage of the product life cycle resulting in potential exposures of humans and the environment, including

Community of practice

https://saicmknowledge.org/communities/highly-hazardous-pesticides
Highly Hazardous Pesticides

Pesticides are inherently hazardous, and among them, a relatively small number of Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) cause disproportionate harm to the environment and human health including severe environmental hazards, high acute and chronic toxicity.

The goal of the HHPs CoP

Community of practice

https://saicmknowledge.org/communities/chemicals-and-waste-management
Chemicals and Waste Management

The Chemicals and Waste Community of Practice will host a number of discussions in 2023 related to SAICM beyond 2020, chemical issues of concern, capacity building, chemicals of concern across diverse supply chains and other relevant topics. Members will include

Community of practice

https://saicmknowledge.org/communities/lead-paint
Lead in Paint

Lead can be present at high levels in paint, especially in the over 100 countries that still allow the manufacture, import and sale of paints containing lead. Lead is a cumulative toxic element particularly harmful to young children and pregnant

https://saicmknowledge.org/articles/covid-19-impacts-global-environmental-agenda-saicm-and-iccm5

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

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
Policy document

International Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management

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World Health Organization , FAO
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May 2014
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The International Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management is the framework on pesticide management for all public and private entities engaged in, or associated with, production, regulation and management of pesticides.The new Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management was approved by the FAO Conference in June 2013. The Code provides standards of conduct serves as a point of reference in relation to sound pesticide life cycle management practices, in particular for government authorities and the pesticide industry.The document is available
Emerging Policy Issues: Highly Hazardous Pesticides
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Report

Sources, Fate and Effects of Microplastics in the Marine Environment (Part 2)

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GESAMP
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May 2015
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This report provides an update and further assessment of the sources, fate and effects of microplastics in the marine environment, carried out by Working Group 40 (WG40) of GESAMP (The Joint Group of Experts on Scientific Aspects of Marine Protection).It follows publication of the first assessment report in this series in April 2015 (GESAMP 2015). The issue of marine plastic litter was raised during the inaugural meeting of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) in June 2014. Delegates from 160
Emerging Policy Issues: Nanotechnology
https://saicmknowledge.org/articles/eu-chemicals-legislation-finder-enables-companies-track-legal-obligations
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