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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guest articles
SEE MORERachel Carson’s Legacy: A Call to Embrace Nature-based Solutions
Towards 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
policy briefs
SEE MOREFood Systems and Chemicals: Addressing Highly Hazardous Pesticides
From Feedstocks to Feedback Loops: Linking Chemicals and Climate Change
Integrating Policy: Water, Endocrine Disruptors, and Pharmaceuticals
Financing the Sound Management of Chemicals and Wastes
Events
SEE MOREBasel Convention COP17, Rotterdam Convention COP12, and Stockholm Convention COP12
28 April - 9 May 2025
Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
Fifth Meeting of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM5)
23-29 September 2023
Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Second Berlin Forum on Chemicals and Sustainability
4-5 September 2023
Berlin, Germany
Basel Convention COP16, Rotterdam Convention COP11, and Stockholm Convention COP11
1-12 May 2023
Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
Second Segment of the Basel Convention COP15, Rotterdam Convention COP10, and Stockholm Convention COP10
6-17 June 2022
Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
High-level Segment of the meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions
1 June 2022
Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden