Participants at the Uppsala Health Summit workshop “Towards an Intergovernmental panel on chemicals, waste and pollution” examined in detail several aspects related to procedures and operating principles of the Panel that in the eyes of the scientific community will ensure provision of sound and unbiased recommendations and will not delay decision-making processes. Their recommendations building on the experience available from the work of IPCC and IPBES and current challenges in the scientific community have been submitted to UNEP as an INF document for the OEWG 2 meeting in December 2023. read more
IPCP Written Response on Operating Principles Governing the Work of the Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution Prevention
At the ad hoc Open-Ended Working Group on the Science-Policy Panel (OEWG-1.2), the OEWG Secretariat was tasked with solicit written input regarding the operating principles governing the work of the Panel. IPCP recently provided its written input emphasizing the need for explicit inclusion of conflict of interest provisions. read more