EcoLomics:   Searching for Balance between Ecology and Economics 

June 2009 Thematic Highlight

Chemicals and Wastes
 

The past 12 months have witnessed an exceptional number of important developments in the area of the international regulation of chemicals and wastes primarily through the Basel, the Rotterdam and the Stockholm Conventions and UNEP Chemicals.
 

EcoLomic Policy and Law  
 

has now concluded Part I of its Special Edition on Chemicals and Waste, edited by Prof. Anne Petitpierre. All three Conventions have now adopted recommendations to strengthen synergies which have been elaborated by the Ad Hoc Joint Working Group AHJWG . For further information and analysis of the key negotiations please refer to the reports of IISD's Earth Negotiations Bulletin:
 

ENB/IISD Coverage of Chemicals Meetings

Announcement: Panel 2nd July 2009 18.30h, University of Geneva
Global Environmental Governance
 

The environmentally sound management of Chemicals and Wastes represents one of the key (and very much neglected!) components of Global Environmental Governance (GEG). The Global Environmental Governance Project will present a Forum in Glion near Montreux, Switzerland, on June 28-July 2^nd, 2009. We are pleased to take this opportunity to announce a distinguished panel presenting the conclusions of this Forum at the University of Geneva on July 2^nd, 2009, moderated by Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Geneva, and Maria Ivanova, Professor at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. Entrance is free, no registration required.