This blog post is based on the remarks of Professor Jonathan O. Okonkwo on the Global Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP) roundtable “National Implementation Plans: Research needs and opportunities in Africa” held on 10 June 2025.Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) pose… Read More

This blog post is based on the remarks of Dr. Nudjarin Ramungul on the Global Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP) roundtable “National Implementation Plans: Research needs and opportunities in Asia” held on 17 June 2025.Thailand’s Path on POPsThailand’s second National Implementation Plan (… Read More

Chemicals and Health: Why Gender MattersChemical safety policies rarely account for gender discrimination, yet women and girls face some of the most acute risks of toxic exposure. Their daily roles — from household care and agricultural work to informal waste management — place them in frequent… Read More

This blog post was developed summarising the intervention of Peru on the Global Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP) roundtable Inside the POPs Inventory: Lessons, Challenges and Successes from the Global NIP Update held on 14 April 2025.Peru’s journey to update its National Implementation… Read More

Under the Stockholm Convention, countries are required to build and maintain detailed inventories of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) to develop and update National Implementation Plans (NIPs). Customs import and export records often serve as a key source of information for these inventories. Read More

 At the core of a country’s efforts to comply with the Article 7 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) is the National Implementation Plan (NIP). As a roadmap, this strategic document outlines national policies, priorities and actions for managing and eliminating… Read More

This blog post is based on the remarks of Mr. Victor Hugo Estellano Schulze on the Global Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP) roundtable “National Implementation Plans: Research needs and opportunities in Asia” held on 17 June 2025.Laying the Foundations for Global POPs MonitoringOver the… Read More

Background of Case StudiesSupported by the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions (BRS), Women Engage for a Common Future (WECF) has carried out gender-focused studies in Kenya working in partnership with Center for Environment Justice and Development (CEJAD), with ongoing… Read More