In March 2022, the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) agreed a landmark resolution to establish a new overarching intergovernmental science-policy panel on chemicals and waste and pollution prevention. The panel will be set up by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the work for this will begin before the end of this year. Over the summer months, the RSC will be working to consider what might be expected to be the scope and priorities of this new panel in order to input perspectives into the UN process. This event seeks to raise greater awareness of this recent development in wider society and the scientific community, and provides an opportunity for you to have your say.
The RSC has campaigned for the establishment of a new panel during the past 2 years, further background can be found in our policy position developed in 2020 following member engagement. In January 2022, we held a global live webcast event – see the Burlington Consensus video in the links below – where there was strong support from all for a new panel for pollution, that could work on a par with the similar panels of IPCC for climate change and IPBES for biodiversity loss.
In this evening lecture, we will look at the evidence for why a new UN panel is needed for chemicals, waste and pollution, provide an update on what will happen next and begin to consider the areas that society and the scientific community might expect to be in scope of the remit of such a panel, and what should be regarded as future priorities.
Do join us at this networking event to share your views as we take this work forward globally.
The RSC has campaigned for the establishment of a new panel during the past 2 years, further background can be found in our policy position developed in 2020 following member engagement. In January 2022, we held a global live webcast event – see the Burlington Consensus video in the links below – where there was strong support from all for a new panel for pollution, that could work on a par with the similar panels of IPCC for climate change and IPBES for biodiversity loss.
In this evening lecture, we will look at the evidence for why a new UN panel is needed for chemicals, waste and pollution, provide an update on what will happen next and begin to consider the areas that society and the scientific community might expect to be in scope of the remit of such a panel, and what should be regarded as future priorities.
Do join us at this networking event to share your views as we take this work forward globally.
