The Stockholm Convention (SC) on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) is a global treaty to protect human health and the environment from chemicals that remain intact in the environment for long periods, become widely distributed geographically, and have harmful impacts on human health and… Read More

This blog post is based on the remarks of Dr. Enkhtuul Surenjav on the Global Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP) roundtable “National Implementation Plans: Research needs and opportunities in Asia” held on 17 June 2025.Mongolia has made significant strides in monitoring persistent… Read More

Geneva – August 2025As more Parties to the Stockholm Convention move towards digitizing their National Implementation Plans (NIPs), questions around the use, access, and integration of the Stockholm Convention Integrated Electronic Toolkit have come to the forefront.To address these issues, Mihaela… Read More

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) pose a significant threat to both human health and the environment. However, the risks and impacts of POPs exposure are not evenly distributed across populations. Socially constructed gender roles, responsibilities, and power dynamics can create and… Read More

The Caribbean Context: Where Every Chemical Issue Becomes a Marine IssueIn Small Island Developing States (SIDS) of the Caribbean, persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are inseparable from marine health. Every waste pile burnt, barrel of PCB oil spilled, or pesticide runoff eventually reaches… Read More

This blog post is based on the remarks of Mr. Saidy Motladiileon the Global Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP) roundtable “National Implementation Plans: Research needs and opportunities in Africa” held on 10 June 2025.Botswana’s Commitment to the Stockholm Convention: A Research-… Read More

여름 아침, 인천에서 GGKP의 글로벌 국가이행계획 (NIP) 업데이트 프로젝트 팀은 한국의 잔류성유기오염물질(POPs) 관리 경험에 대한 공식 인터뷰를 위해 한국환경공단(Korea Environment Corporation, K-eco)을 방문했다. 이 논의는 스톡홀름 협약(Stockholm Convention) 하에서 국가이행계획(NIPs)의 글로벌 개발·검토·갱신 과정의 일환으로, 한국의 POPs 관리 시스템이 어떻게 발전해왔는지와 역량이 더 제한된 국가들에게 줄 수 있는 교훈을 조명했다.한국환경공단 본부한국 POPs 관리의… Read More

The blog is written following an interview with Dr. Ramdev Yash Pal, UNIDO Technical Advisor for the project. NIP Dialogue Series – Voices from the CountriesIndia, the world’s only remaining manufacturer of Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane (DDT), is demonstrating what a managed, strategic… Read More

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