Introduction to PCDDs/PCDFs and Unintentional POPs: Emission Control and Inventory Development

On 19 September 2024 (15:00-17:00 CEST), the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP) hosted the online training webinar "Introduction to PCDDs/PCDFs and Unintentional POPs: Emission Control and Inventory Development".

This webinar explored the formation and release of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/PCDFs) along with other unintentional POPs, including unintentionally produced PCBs, PCNs, HCB, PeCB, and HCBD. It delved into the development of inventories to identify, quantify, and prioritize sources, aiming for their minimization and eventual elimination. Additionally, the webinar provided an overview of the UNEP Toolkit methodology for creating thorough and comparable UPOP inventories, and discussed the importance of an integrated approach to pollution prevention and control for managing UPOPs and other pollutants from Annex C sources.

Objectives

• Provide participants with an overview of the formation of PCDD/PCDF and other unintentional POPs from precursor chemicals, combustion sources and selected chemical production processes.
• Comprehend how the release of PCDD/PCDF and other UPOPs leads to the pollution of soils and sediments, ultimately contaminating the food chain and resulting in human exposure.
• Gain a thorough understanding of the 5-Step methodology for developing inventories of PCDD/PCDF and other unintentional POPs releases, as outlined in the “UNEP UPOP Inventory Toolkit" for the Source Groups of Annex C of the Stockholm Convention, including the methodology for updating Dioxin/UPOP inventories.
• Recognize that Dioxins/UPOPs represent just one class of pollutants released from Stockholm Convention Annex C sources and that an Integrated Approach for Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) of Unintentional POPs and other major pollutants is the most effective strategy for managing and reducing pollution and releases.

Target audience

• Stockholm Convention Official Contact Points and National Focal Points particularly from project countries
• National officials and experts involved in the process of reviewing and updating the NIPs
• Practitioners working on POPs inventory and management
• Members of NIP National Coordinating Mechanism/ Committees and Project Coordination Units/Thematic Task Groups
• Representatives of Regional Centers and relevant stakeholders

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