during two weeks of meetingsProgress is expected on adding new countries The so-called “forever chemicals” on the list of toxic substances to be restricted or restricted under stockholm convention Global treaty to protect human health and the environment from long-lasting chemical pollution.
will find its way further regulate the use of chemicals and pesticides Below rotterdam convention on the management of hazardous chemicals; and to develop technical guidelines on sound management of plastic and e-waste under Basel ConventionOn transboundary hazardous waste management.
millions of deaths
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2019, a small number of chemicals for which data are available Estimated death toll of two million people, This includes heart and respiratory diseases as well as cancer.
Among other important issues, the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Stockholm Convention will Discuss the development of compliance procedures and mechanismsand review a number of recommendations stemming from the second evaluation of the Convention.
This will include evaluation continued use of the pesticide DDT – still in use in some countries to control malaria – based on the report on the work of the DDT expert group; and on report Progress toward elimination of the toxic organic chemical group known as PCBsand draft strategies to meet the 2025 and 2028 targets for eliminating PCBs set out in the Stockholm Convention.
waste management
later this month, International community will gather again in Paris Continuing to work towards a new, legally binding international treaty on plastic pollution.
The sixteenth meeting of COP to the Basel Convention will consider the possibility of adopting technical guidelines for the environmentally friendly management of plastic waste as well as persistent organic pollutants.
The Parties shall consider the recommendations of the Implementation and Compliance Committee, including: Achieved progress towards reaching national reporting targets,
An update on the work of the partners involved in the Convention, with a focus on electronic and electrical waste, plastic waste and household waste, as well as preventing and combating illegal trafficking in hazardous and other waste, will also be presented to the COP.
Meanwhile, the WHO says that total production of the chemicals is increasing worldwide and sales are projected to nearly double from 2017 to 2030.
