The online briefing will provide an overview of the issues that will be considered by the seventeenth meeting of the POPRC, to be held from 24 to 28 January 2022, in Geneva, Switzerland, and will provide information about the practical arrangements for the meeting. The briefing will in addition provide an overview of the outcomes of the seventeenth meeting of the CRC held online from 20 to 24 September 2021.

The new plan incorporates amendments made at the Stockholm Convention’s COP-8 and COP-9, including the listing in Annex A of perfluorooctanoic acis or PFOA.

Landmark building illuminated by Basel Convention green to highlight links between climate change and chemicals and waste, including plastic waste.

Stockholm Convention continues to move towards universal coverage as Grenada deposits its instrument of accession, with entry into force on 13 January, 2022.