Highlighting the gap between scientific evidence on PFAS hazards and existing legal frameworks, Mickaël Repellin of PIRSE underscores the need for precautionary action despite scientific uncertainty, sharing upcoming opportunities to push for this, including #ISPCWP and #GFC IC1.
September 14, 2026 at 12:40 PM
#Environment: What's Up in #GENeva from 24-30 Aug?
✅ #GEO7
✅ #HRC63
✅ Intl. Day against Nuclear Tests #IDANT
✅ #ISPCWP Operationalization
✅ #UNCCDCOP17
✅ #WaterAction
✅ #GreenSummer
✅ & more
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✅ #GEO7
✅ #HRC63
✅ Intl. Day against Nuclear Tests #IDANT
✅ #ISPCWP Operationalization
✅ #UNCCDCOP17
✅ #WaterAction
✅ #GreenSummer
✅ & more
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August 24, 2026 at 6:51 AM
#Environment: What's Up in #GENeva from 24-30 Aug?
✅ #GEO7
✅ #HRC63
✅ Intl. Day against Nuclear Tests #IDANT
✅ #ISPCWP Operationalization
✅ #UNCCDCOP17
✅ #WaterAction
✅ #GreenSummer
✅ & more
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✅ #GEO7
✅ #HRC63
✅ Intl. Day against Nuclear Tests #IDANT
✅ #ISPCWP Operationalization
✅ #UNCCDCOP17
✅ #WaterAction
✅ #GreenSummer
✅ & more
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As the Panel begins its work, we stand ready to contribute to an effective, inclusive and evidence‑driven global response to pollution for present and future generations.
#BE4Multilateralism
#GlobalResponseToPollution
#ISPCWP #chemicals #waste #pollution
#BE4Multilateralism
#GlobalResponseToPollution
#ISPCWP #chemicals #waste #pollution
February 6, 2026 at 8:29 AM
As the Panel begins its work, we stand ready to contribute to an effective, inclusive and evidence‑driven global response to pollution for present and future generations.
#BE4Multilateralism
#GlobalResponseToPollution
#ISPCWP #chemicals #waste #pollution
#BE4Multilateralism
#GlobalResponseToPollution
#ISPCWP #chemicals #waste #pollution
Congratulations to my colleague Bart Rymen of @belspo.be for being elected to the bureau of ISPCWP on behalf of the WEOG group at the first meeting of the Panel in Geneva.
#belgium #chemicals #waste #pollution #unep
@enb.iisd.org @genevaenvironmentnetwork.org @vito-research.bsky.social
#belgium #chemicals #waste #pollution #unep
@enb.iisd.org @genevaenvironmentnetwork.org @vito-research.bsky.social
February 5, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Congratulations to my colleague Bart Rymen of @belspo.be for being elected to the bureau of ISPCWP on behalf of the WEOG group at the first meeting of the Panel in Geneva.
#belgium #chemicals #waste #pollution #unep
@enb.iisd.org @genevaenvironmentnetwork.org @vito-research.bsky.social
#belgium #chemicals #waste #pollution #unep
@enb.iisd.org @genevaenvironmentnetwork.org @vito-research.bsky.social
Honored to have been able to follow the process, particpate and contribute.
"we have now achieved the trifecta of science policy"
#IPPC #IPBES #ISPCWP
"we have now achieved the trifecta of science policy"
#IPPC #IPBES #ISPCWP
The urgent and interconnected triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution has until now not had an overarching science policy panel for #chemicals, #pollution, and #waste. Today that was changed! #ISPCWP @unep.org
June 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Upcoming 📣
The first meeting of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste, and Pollution will aim to finalize its rules of procedure
It will also address policies for producing reports, and its conflict-of-interest policy
enb.iisd.org/isp-cwp-p1-i...
#ISPCWP
The first meeting of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste, and Pollution will aim to finalize its rules of procedure
It will also address policies for producing reports, and its conflict-of-interest policy
enb.iisd.org/isp-cwp-p1-i...
#ISPCWP
1st Session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution (ISP-CWP P1)
The first meeting of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste, and Pollution will aim to finalize its rules of procedure. It will also address policies for producing reports, and...
enb.iisd.org
January 26, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Upcoming 📣
The first meeting of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste, and Pollution will aim to finalize its rules of procedure
It will also address policies for producing reports, and its conflict-of-interest policy
enb.iisd.org/isp-cwp-p1-i...
#ISPCWP
The first meeting of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste, and Pollution will aim to finalize its rules of procedure
It will also address policies for producing reports, and its conflict-of-interest policy
enb.iisd.org/isp-cwp-p1-i...
#ISPCWP
Upcoming 📣
In early February, the first meeting of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on #Chemicals #Waste and Pollution will aim to finalize its rules of procedure, policies for producing reports, and its conflict-of-interest policy
Read ➡️ enb.iisd.org/isp-cwp-p1-i...
#ISPCWP
In early February, the first meeting of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on #Chemicals #Waste and Pollution will aim to finalize its rules of procedure, policies for producing reports, and its conflict-of-interest policy
Read ➡️ enb.iisd.org/isp-cwp-p1-i...
#ISPCWP
1st Session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution (ISP-CWP P1)
The first meeting of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste, and Pollution will aim to finalize its rules of procedure, policies for producing reports, and its conflict-of-inte...
enb.iisd.org
January 19, 2026 at 8:42 AM
Upcoming 📣
In early February, the first meeting of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on #Chemicals #Waste and Pollution will aim to finalize its rules of procedure, policies for producing reports, and its conflict-of-interest policy
Read ➡️ enb.iisd.org/isp-cwp-p1-i...
#ISPCWP
In early February, the first meeting of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on #Chemicals #Waste and Pollution will aim to finalize its rules of procedure, policies for producing reports, and its conflict-of-interest policy
Read ➡️ enb.iisd.org/isp-cwp-p1-i...
#ISPCWP
The urgent and interconnected triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution has until now not had an overarching science policy panel for #chemicals, #pollution, and #waste. Today that was changed! #ISPCWP @unep.org
June 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The urgent and interconnected triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution has until now not had an overarching science policy panel for #chemicals, #pollution, and #waste. Today that was changed! #ISPCWP @unep.org
The Intergovernmental Science Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution (ISPCWP) has been officially established at the Intergovernmental Meeting in Punta del Este, Uruguay #chemicals #waste #pollution @unep.org
June 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The Intergovernmental Science Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution (ISPCWP) has been officially established at the Intergovernmental Meeting in Punta del Este, Uruguay #chemicals #waste #pollution @unep.org
🚨 New Paper Alert 🚨 ‘Multilateralism prevails: The new intergovernmental science-policy panel on chemicals, waste and pollution’. #ISPCWP 👉 doi.org/10.1080/2765...
July 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
🚨 New Paper Alert 🚨 ‘Multilateralism prevails: The new intergovernmental science-policy panel on chemicals, waste and pollution’. #ISPCWP 👉 doi.org/10.1080/2765...
Congratulations to Osvaldo Álvarez Pérez of Chile who was elected the first Chair of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution at the #ISPCWP1 opening plenary.
@unep.org looks forward to supporting you & all Panel Members deliver the important mandate of #ISPCWP.
@unep.org looks forward to supporting you & all Panel Members deliver the important mandate of #ISPCWP.
February 3, 2026 at 8:52 AM
"Our community has lost not only a highly respected expert but a friend."
#ISPCWP Chair Osvaldo Alvarez pays tribute to Tessa Goverse's memory as a "warm generous person, deeply committed to multilateralism, and to advancing our collective work on chemicals, waste & pollution."
#ISPCWP Chair Osvaldo Alvarez pays tribute to Tessa Goverse's memory as a "warm generous person, deeply committed to multilateralism, and to advancing our collective work on chemicals, waste & pollution."
June 24, 2026 at 9:01 AM
"Our community has lost not only a highly respected expert but a friend."
#ISPCWP Chair Osvaldo Alvarez pays tribute to Tessa Goverse's memory as a "warm generous person, deeply committed to multilateralism, and to advancing our collective work on chemicals, waste & pollution."
#ISPCWP Chair Osvaldo Alvarez pays tribute to Tessa Goverse's memory as a "warm generous person, deeply committed to multilateralism, and to advancing our collective work on chemicals, waste & pollution."
"Her legacy will continue to guide and inspire us."
@brsconventions.bsky.social Exec. Secretary Rolph Payet pays tribute to Tessa Goverse, as someone "who brought people together" and has "dedicated more than two decades to advance environmental action and the establishment of the #ISPCWP."
@brsconventions.bsky.social Exec. Secretary Rolph Payet pays tribute to Tessa Goverse, as someone "who brought people together" and has "dedicated more than two decades to advance environmental action and the establishment of the #ISPCWP."
June 24, 2026 at 8:50 AM
"Her legacy will continue to guide and inspire us."
@brsconventions.bsky.social Exec. Secretary Rolph Payet pays tribute to Tessa Goverse, as someone "who brought people together" and has "dedicated more than two decades to advance environmental action and the establishment of the #ISPCWP."
@brsconventions.bsky.social Exec. Secretary Rolph Payet pays tribute to Tessa Goverse, as someone "who brought people together" and has "dedicated more than two decades to advance environmental action and the establishment of the #ISPCWP."
Acknowledging #Switzerland's role in the establishment of the #ISPCWP, Sverre-Thomas Jahre of #Norway highlights that "getting the knowledge on the hazardous-ness of chemicals and of potential alternatives known to everyone" is one of the main tasks of the panel.
June 23, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Acknowledging #Switzerland's role in the establishment of the #ISPCWP, Sverre-Thomas Jahre of #Norway highlights that "getting the knowledge on the hazardous-ness of chemicals and of potential alternatives known to everyone" is one of the main tasks of the panel.
Nana Zhao of BCRC China underscores an important data gap the #ISPCWP can help fill is the identification of the physical/chemical properties & waste technologies required to deal with emerging waste streams resulting from industrial processes.
June 23, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Nana Zhao of BCRC China underscores an important data gap the #ISPCWP can help fill is the identification of the physical/chemical properties & waste technologies required to deal with emerging waste streams resulting from industrial processes.
Sharing how @minamataconvention.bsky.social engages with the #SciencePolicy interface #ISPCWP, Alexander Romanov highlights:
🟡 MC observer status in the panel
🟡 Development of assessments
🟡 Technical work on mercury waste & collaboration with other bodies to set mercury waste thresholds.
🟡 MC observer status in the panel
🟡 Development of assessments
🟡 Technical work on mercury waste & collaboration with other bodies to set mercury waste thresholds.
June 23, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Sharing how @minamataconvention.bsky.social engages with the #SciencePolicy interface #ISPCWP, Alexander Romanov highlights:
🟡 MC observer status in the panel
🟡 Development of assessments
🟡 Technical work on mercury waste & collaboration with other bodies to set mercury waste thresholds.
🟡 MC observer status in the panel
🟡 Development of assessments
🟡 Technical work on mercury waste & collaboration with other bodies to set mercury waste thresholds.
Opening the session, #ISPCWP Chair Osvaldo Álvarez stresses the collective achievement of the panel's establishment on the marking of its 1st anniversary & announces an informal technical meeting will be held in Bangkok from 1 to 3 October to advance work on rules of procedure.
June 23, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Opening the session, #ISPCWP Chair Osvaldo Álvarez stresses the collective achievement of the panel's establishment on the marking of its 1st anniversary & announces an informal technical meeting will be held in Bangkok from 1 to 3 October to advance work on rules of procedure.
#BehindTheScenes
The #ISPCWP1 Chair Osvaldo Perez & #ISPCWP Interim Secretary Head Tessa Goverse pose for a family photo with stakeholders at their daily coordination meeting.
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The #ISPCWP1 Chair Osvaldo Perez & #ISPCWP Interim Secretary Head Tessa Goverse pose for a family photo with stakeholders at their daily coordination meeting.
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February 4, 2026 at 9:17 AM
#BehindTheScenes
The #ISPCWP1 Chair Osvaldo Perez & #ISPCWP Interim Secretary Head Tessa Goverse pose for a family photo with stakeholders at their daily coordination meeting.
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The #ISPCWP1 Chair Osvaldo Perez & #ISPCWP Interim Secretary Head Tessa Goverse pose for a family photo with stakeholders at their daily coordination meeting.
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Underscoring how #ISPCWP requires a well-connected & funded secretariat to fulfill its mandate, Swiss State Secretary Schneeberger highlights #Switzerland's offer to host the Secretariat in #GENeva, at "the crossroads of chemicals & waste governance & science-policy connections." @bafu.admin.ch
February 2, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Underscoring how #ISPCWP requires a well-connected & funded secretariat to fulfill its mandate, Swiss State Secretary Schneeberger highlights #Switzerland's offer to host the Secretariat in #GENeva, at "the crossroads of chemicals & waste governance & science-policy connections." @bafu.admin.ch
"If we want to continue the success story of our panel, we need to strengthen collaborations and ensure inclusivity."
Katrin Schneeberger, Swiss State Secretary & @bafu.admin.ch Director, stresses the need to be "clear-eyed" about the challenges to ensure #ISPCWP can work and deliver.
Katrin Schneeberger, Swiss State Secretary & @bafu.admin.ch Director, stresses the need to be "clear-eyed" about the challenges to ensure #ISPCWP can work and deliver.
February 2, 2026 at 10:02 AM
"If we want to continue the success story of our panel, we need to strengthen collaborations and ensure inclusivity."
Katrin Schneeberger, Swiss State Secretary & @bafu.admin.ch Director, stresses the need to be "clear-eyed" about the challenges to ensure #ISPCWP can work and deliver.
Katrin Schneeberger, Swiss State Secretary & @bafu.admin.ch Director, stresses the need to be "clear-eyed" about the challenges to ensure #ISPCWP can work and deliver.
In closing, Jonas Pasquier of the Permanent Mission of Switzerland reiterates the key role the country played in the establishment of the #ISPCWP - from pushing the #UNEA resolution to financial & logistic support, ready to continue this commitment by hosting the physical location of the Panel.
January 14, 2026 at 3:23 PM