Pesticides
activities to address the use of substances used to destroy insects or other organisms that are harmful to for cultivating plants or human health; includes the activities of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, which is a multilateral treaty to promote shared responsibilities in relation to importation of hazardous chemicals.
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SEE MOREUNEP Report Identifies Top Actions to Minimize Adverse Impacts of Pesticides, Fertilizers
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IPEN, SAICM Report on Chemicals’ Disproportionate Impacts on Women
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SEE MORETowards a Healthier Future: The Contributions of the EU to the Activities of the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
Closer to Home Than We Think: Chemicals and the Formula for Sound Management
Highly Hazardous Pesticides: Finding Alternatives and Reducing Risk by 2020
Protecting Human Health and the Environment – The Rotterdam Convention: 10 Years of Entry into Force
policy briefs
SEE MOREMonthly Forecast October 2019: First Opportunities to Act on September Pledges
Informing the Informers: Bettering Understanding of an Information-Provision Chemicals Convention
Events
SEE MOREBasel Convention COP15, Rotterdam Convention COP10 and Stockholm Convention COP10
19 July 2021
virtual
Fifth Meeting of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM5) [Postponed]
5 July 2021
Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
16th Meeting of the Rotterdam Convention Chemical Review Committee
8-11 September 2020
virtual
Workshop on Governance in the Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste Beyond 2020
14-16 January 2020
Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany
15th Meeting of the Rotterdam Convention Chemical Review Committee
8-10 October 2019
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Basel Convention COP14, Rotterdam Convention COP9 and Stockholm Convention COP9
29 April - 9 May 2019
Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland