Waste Management
23 Oct 2012
The ninth meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC 9) will review chlorinated naphthalenes, hexachlorobutadiene, hexabromocyclododecane, and pentachlorophenol and its salts and esters, as well as discuss other technical work such as the impact of climate change on the POPRC’s work and common issues in applying Annex E criteria. A joint meeting with the Rotterdam Convention’s Chemical Review Committee (CRC) may be held on 19 October 2013, if approved by the joint...
IMO's Environment Committee Considers Energy Efficiency, Ballast Water Management and Ship Recycling
9 October 2012: The 64th session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) addressed issues related to energy efficiency, ballast water management and ship-recycling. The session also led to the establishment of a new Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA) in the Saba Bank, in the north-eastern Caribbean area of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
On energy efficiency measures for ships, the MEPC focused on technical and operational...
21 Sep 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
20 September 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has highlighted the key outcomes of its 23rd Annual Meeting, which convened in Noumea, New Caledonia, from 30 August-8 September 2012. The meeting addressed four key areas: ocean conservation and management; renewable energy; financing for biodiversity and climate change; and follow-up to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20).
According to SPREP, members called on the international...
14 Sep 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
13 September 2012: The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) convened a Dialogue on Chemicals and Hazardous Wastes on 13 September 2012, in Geneva, Switzerland. The dialogue focused on the need to increase assistance to the Marshall Islands in facing the consequences of nuclear weapons testing, and was informed by the Report of the Special Rapporteur on human rights obligations related to environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and waste.
In his address, Calin Georgescu,...
07 Sep 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
20 July 2012: The Third Workshop on Enhancing the Regional Distribution of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Projects in Asia and the Pacific focused on the issues of standardized baselines and the CDM Programme of Activities (PoA), with the aim of promoting more CDM projects in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), small island developing States (SIDS) and countries hosting fewer than ten registered projects.
The workshop, which was held from 18-20 July 2012, in Manila, the Philippines, was...
