On 26 August 2009, the depositary communicated the adoption of the amendment to Annexes A, B and C of the Stockholm Convention. As a result, the amendments shall enter into force on 26 August 2010…
the 8th Tripartite Environment Ministers Meeting (TEMM8) held at Beijing in December 2006, one of the topics was cooperation among Japan, China and Korea on chemicals management. Three ministers…
At its 25th session, the Governing Council agreed to elaborate a legally binding instrument on mercury, and asked UNEP to convene an intergovernmental negotiating committee with the mandate to…
The eChemPortal is the global portal to information on chemical substances. It offers free public access to information on properties of chemicals: Physical chemical properties, Environmental Fate…
The ChemicalRight2Know.org collaborative forum's main mission is to provide access for communities, industry and all interested stakeholders on Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) and other…
The Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) Directive has been in place for over 10 years and the Commission has undertaken a 2 year review with all stakeholders to examine how it, and the…
The proposal for consolidation of the European Community directives addressing industrial emissions (COM (2007) 844 and 2007/0286/COD) was adopted by the Commission in December 2007.
This United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website allows the public to track environmental and public health information. The National Environmental Public Health Tracking…
On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the United Nations Organization at Geneva published a commemorative edition of United Nations…
Since 1983, the biennial International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) series has evolved into the premier international forum for the fight against corruption. The 13th IACC is themed as “Global…
