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Capacity building – tools that are used

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July 2022

The Secretariat of the Strategic Approach to Chemicals Management (SAICM) and the University of Cape Town (UCT) have launched a Community of Practice (CoP) on Chemicals and SDGs to bring representatives from different sectors together and to create a learning network around issues related to addressing Chemicals and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This is a summary of the discussion on Capacity building – tools that are used, which took place on 6 July 2022.Presenters: Olivier Wootton (UNITAR), Dr. Olga

Topics: Sustainable Development Goals Knowledge Management

Markos Ieridis

Chemicals Specialist at UNEP

Country: Nigeria South Africa

Topics of expertise: Hazardous chemicals in electronics Chemicals in products Chemicals in building products Chemicals in electronics Chemicals in toys Life Cycle Persistent organic pollutants (POPs)

Dr.Lilian Ogechi Alum

Quality control Assurance

Country: Nigeria

Topics of expertise: Sustainable Development Goals

Event

https://saicmknowledge.org/events/chemicals-plastics-deep-dive-composition-recyclability-and-policy-implications

Chemicals in Plastics: A deep dive into composition, recyclability and policy implications

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Academic article

To be or not to be degraded: in defense of persistence assessment of chemicals

July 2023

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Characterizing the degradation behavior of chemicals in the environment is a key component of chemical hazard and risk assessment. Persistence has been successfully characterized for readily and for slowly degradable chemicals using standardized tests, but for the third group of chemicals with intermediate degradability (“middle group”), the assessment is less straightforward. Whether chemicals of this group behave as persistent or not in a given environment depends on environmental factors such as the presence of sorbents that can limit the bioavailability of chemicals.

Emerging Policy Issues: Perfluorinated Chemicals

Topics: Persistent organic pollutants (POPs)

https://saicmknowledge.org/articles/forum-aims-pollution-free-planet-supports-preparations-iccm5

Forum Aims for Pollution-free Planet, Supports Preparations for ICCM5

An international forum brought together stakeholders to foster a shared understanding of key priorities regarding chemicals

https://saicmknowledge.org/articles/experts-agree-two-pops-list-elimination-under-stockholm-convention

Experts Agree on Two POPs to List for Elimination Under Stockholm Convention

The 19th meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutant Review Committee (POPRC-19) agreed that two chemicals should

Event

https://saicmknowledge.org/events/35th-meeting-parties-montreal-protocol-mop-35

35th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (MOP 35)

The 35th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone

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https://saicmknowledge.org/events/unea-6

UNEA-6

The UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) is the highest decision-making body on environmental matters in the UN

Event

https://saicmknowledge.org/events/2023-un-climate-change-conference-unfccc-cop-28

2023 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 28)

The 2023 UN Climate Change Conference will convene from 30 November to 12 December 2023 in Dubai