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Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… the gaps and issues that make pollution so pervasive and persistent, to avoid and reduce pollution in the medium and … as pollution crosses boundaries. Table 4 • Persistent Organic Pollutants under Stockholm Convention (e.g. … scientif ic evidence Table 4: Types of action required per pollutant categories, based on scientific evidence 52 Towards …
20 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda

… actions notably in relation to ozone-depleting substances, persistent organic pollutants, certain hazardous industrial chemicals … and toys, exposing children to this dangerous neuro-toxic pollutant. As of April 2017, regulation on lead paint is in …
20 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Towards a Pollution Free Planet - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… and high mountains, pollutants such as heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants can be found in plants and animals … substances to different types of energy. The severity of a pollutant for human health and ecosystems is based on its …
20 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Land-Based Sources of Marine Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… black list heavy metals such as cadmium and mercury, persistent organic compounds such as organohalogens and organochlorines …
20 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Vessel-Based Sources of Marine Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… under specified conditions. It prohibited discharge of persistent oil or oily mixtures of greater than 100 parts per …
20 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Guide for Negotiators of Multilateral Environmental Agreements

… Organisation PIC Prior Informed Consent POPs Persistent Organic Pollutants SBI Subsidiary Body for Implementation … or Rotterdam Convention); the 2001 Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs Convention or Stockholm …
20 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… or flora, erosion, loss of human life and the dumping of persistent pollutants into the sea, for example, create … http://leo.informea.org/terms/persistent-organic-pollutant http://leo.informea.org/terms/environmental-damage …
20 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

MEA Negotiator’s Handbook

… 1-8 June 2007 Version 2.0 • the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (known as the Stockholm Convention – … Matters (known as the Aarhus Convention). A Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (known as the PRTR …
20 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

International Environmental law-making and Diplomacy Review

… and legitimacy, using an example concerning Japan’s persistent non-compliance with certain aspects of its CITES … Convention), and Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollut- ants15 (Stockholm Convention). Noting that … In addition, the Aarhus Convention’s Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (the Kyiv …
20 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Document - Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… 72 4.1.5. Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (Stockholm Convention) ......... 75 4.1.6. … from water;275 and eroded soil is an important water pollutant. The convention’s linkage to water is further …
20 May 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater