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The expert meeting on Best Available Techniques (BAT) and Best Environmental Practices (BEP) under the Stockholm Convention will focus on reviewing and finalizing the guidance documents being developed or updated during the current intersessional period, for consideration by the Conference of the Pa...
Experts on BAT & BEP under the Stockholm Convention will gather in Bratislava 12-14 October 2026
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Experts conclude brominated dioxins and furans may require global action and advance two widely used flame retardants to the next stage of review under the Stockholm Convention.
UN scientific committee advances global review of three sets pf chemicals linked to pollution and health risks
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The Eleventh Expert Group meeting on DDT was held in Geneva, Switzerland from 14-16 September. Among others the objective of the meeting was to make recommendations to the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on the continued need for DDT for disease vector control and on any actio...
Experts on DDT meet in Geneva
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The second meeting of the Stockholm Convention Compliance Committee was held in Geneva from 16-19 June 2026. The Committee resumed its consideration of the activities of its work programme for 2026 - 2027.
Meeting report of the 2nd meeting of the Compliance Committee now available!
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The Eleventh Expert Group Meeting on DDT will be held in Geneva from 14 to 16 September 2026.
Preparations are underway for the Eleventh Expert Group Meeting on DDT
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The Sixth round of national reports under the Stockholm Convention are due on 31 August 2026. As of mid-July, only 10 countries had completed their reporting obligations, leaving 176 Parties still to submit their reports. Don't wait until the last minute. Start your reporting process now and ensure ...
The clock is ticking, the deadline for reporting is fast approaching
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Parties and observers to the Stockholm Convention are invited to submit comments, by 7 September 2026, on three draft guidance documents on best available techniques (BAT) and best environmental practices (BEP). A form is available to facilitate the submission of comments in a structured manner.
Invitation to submit comments on draft guidance on best available techniques and best environmental practices
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The Stockholm Convention COP 13 Bureau meeting took place online on 18 and 19 May 2026.
Stockholm Convention COP Bureau meeting report now available
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Experts will review progress on draft guidance documents under development and prepare for the next phase of intersessional work ahead of the October 2026 face-to-face meeting.
BAT and BEP experts will meet online on 30 June 2026 to review progress on guidance under development
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Over the coming days, the Committee will tackle key elements of its mandate, including the examination of submissions and questions related to Parties’ compliance, as well as the assessment of systemic challenges affecting overall implementation of the convention.
The 2nd meeting of the Stockholm Convention Compliance Committee now underway in Geneva
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The 22nd meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee will take place in Rome, Italy, from 21 to 25 September 2026, back-to-back with the 22nd meeting of the Rotterdam Convention Chemical Review Committee. The advance provisional agenda is now available!
Preparations for the 22nd meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutant Review Committee are underway!
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During the 17th meeting of the PCB Small Intersessional Working Group (PCB SIWG) ,among others, members will continue the work on the development of the report on the progress towards the elimination of PCBs.
The PCB Small Intersessional Working Group will meet online on 12 June 2026
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The COP Bureau met online on 18-19 May 2026 to review key preparations, including the provisional agenda, for COP-13 scheduled for 19-30 April 2027 in Panama City.
Stockholm Convention Bureau advances COP-13 preparations
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Now available in a web-based format and pdf for downloading
Guidance on best available techniques and best environmental practices (BAT/BEP) for the management of POPs contaminated sites
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The 4th meeting of the Intersessional Process of Consultations on DDT will be held from 5 to 7 May 2026 in Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting will support Parties in the DDT register in strengthening their efforts to phase-out reliance on DDT for malaria vector control, with an emphasis on sharing inf...
Parties fighting malaria will gather in Geneva to discuss possible phase-out plans on DDT for malaria vector control and to share information.
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The workshop to be held from 21 to 22 April in Johannesburg, South Africa will support countries in strengthening the science–policy–stakeholder interface, with a focus on newly listed and emerging chemicals under the BRS Conventions, including chemicals associated with plastics.
Sub-regional Workshop on Science to Action for Anglophone Africa
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The report of the Stockholm Convention COP-12, as well as the compilation of decisions adopted, are now available in all the official UN languages.
COP-12 report now available in the six official UN languages
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This World Meteorological Day, we highlight how scientific observation, monitoring, and data sharing guide global efforts to safeguard human health and the environment.
Observing today, protecting tomorrow: How the BRS Conventions works with the Montreal Protocol to protect the environment
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A new technical brief developed jointly by the BRS Conventions Secretariat and the Secretariat for the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production (10YFP) explores the co-benefits between circular economy and life-cycle approaches and the objectives of the Conventions.
Discover how the objectives of the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions support circularity and life-cycle approaches
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The workshop provided training on how Parties can collect data across the life cycle of POPs to complete their national reports under the Basel and Stockholm Conventions.
Regional workshop on national reporting under the Basel and Stockholm Conventions
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