General Assembly 2023
Monday, November 27, 2023 at 14-16h Central European The 2023 General Assembly of the IPCP will once again take place remotely. All IPCP members are welcome to attend.
News
Science Editorial: Innovate beyond PFAS
Dr. Martin Scheringer, the IPCP Chair, was recently invited to write an editorial for Science. In his article, Dr. Scheringer calls on “chemists, material scientists, product designers, and process engineers,...
CBS News Podcast: Forever chemicals are in Canadians’ air, water and blood
Dr. Miriam Diamond, a professor at the University of Toronto’s Department of Earth Sciences and School of the Environment and IPCP Vice Chair, talks on CBS News Front Burner podcast...
Nature Ecology & Evolution: Better integration of chemical pollution research will further our understanding of biodiversity loss
A peer-reviewed article published in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution and co-authored by a number of IPCP members and colleagues calls for the need for a stronger interdisciplinary research...
IPCP White Paper
White Paperon the scope and functions of the future science-policy panel to contribute further to the sound management of chemicals, waste, and to prevent pollution prepared in January 2023 byGabriel...
Paris Briefings (INC-2 Meeting): Briefing Two
The second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-2) on plastic pollution took place in Paris, France, from 29 May - 2 June 2023. IPCP members were in attendance and...
IPCP Written Response on Operating Principles Governing the Work of the Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution Prevention
The IPCP emphasized the need for explicit inclusion of conflict of interest provisions.
Paris Briefings (INC-2 Meeting)
The second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-2) on plastic pollution took place in Paris, France, from 29 May - 2 June 2023. IPCP members were in attendance and...
IPCP Webinar Series: POPs in plastic and monitoring approaches
The IPCP hosted a series of webinars, for a UNEP project, on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and POP candidates in plastics. Part I of this webinar series provided an overview...
Global Change Biology Opinion: Addressing chemical pollution in biodiversity research
A new paper in Global Change Biology by IPCP members and colleagues reviews the complex impacts of chemical pollution on biodiversity loss. The authors also emphasize that, to facilitate effective...