Supporting the United Nations Safe Planet Campaign are the Basel,
Rotterdam & Stockholm Conventions, the three leading global
instruments offering concrete measures, new initiatives & viable
solutions to hazardous chemicals & waste issues.
The consequences of the warming of our earth and oceans are becoming
clearer and more disturbing. Climate change increases the planet’s
vulnerability to POPs, by increasing exposure and heightening toxic
effects on humans and the environment.
The increasing frequency and severity of tropical cyclones and flood events place stockpiles containing thousands of metric tonnes of obsolete POPs pesticides and the low-lying agricultural communities where these chemicals are typically stored in harm’s way.
While science provides objective evidence of these mechanisms of exposure to hazardous chemicals and increasing risk to our health and the environment, art brings the message home and inspires us to act.
Engagement with Partners and Stakeholders
Safe Planet is engaging with all stakeholders working toward sound chemicals and waste management. It has ongoing cooperation with:
• Basel and Stockholm Convention regional centres
• Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD)
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
• Kiev Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers
• Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
• UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
• UN Regional Commissions
• UNEP and FAO regional and sub-regional offices
• UNEP / DTIE Chemicals Branch
• World Health Organization
The increasing frequency and severity of tropical cyclones and flood events place stockpiles containing thousands of metric tonnes of obsolete POPs pesticides and the low-lying agricultural communities where these chemicals are typically stored in harm’s way.
While science provides objective evidence of these mechanisms of exposure to hazardous chemicals and increasing risk to our health and the environment, art brings the message home and inspires us to act.
Engagement with Partners and Stakeholders
Safe Planet is engaging with all stakeholders working toward sound chemicals and waste management. It has ongoing cooperation with:
• Basel and Stockholm Convention regional centres
• Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD)
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
• Kiev Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers
• Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
• UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
• UN Regional Commissions
• UNEP and FAO regional and sub-regional offices
• UNEP / DTIE Chemicals Branch
• World Health Organization
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