On October 5th, 2022 (15:00 - 17:00 GMT+2) the United Nations Environment Programme will host the second of a series of webinars to introduce the new science-policy panel on chemicals, waste and prevention of pollution prevention and the processes of the associated ad hoc open-ended working group (OEWG).
The second webinar will focus on lessons and examples from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), the International Resource Panel (IRP), the Montreal Protocol, and the World Health Organization (WHO), that will inform the design and operation of the new Science-policy panel.
It will be followed by a dialogue between speakers on urgent issues and questions from the chair of the meeting to the panel members. There will be an opportunity for the audience to pose questions to the panel members.
You can also learn about the event here.
Watch the recording of the first webinar here.
Speakers:
Anne Larigauderie, Executive Secretary, Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
Abdalah Mokssit, Secretary, The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Megumi Seki Nakamura, Executive Secretary, Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and its Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
Lesley Onyon, Unit Head for Chemical, Safety and Health, World Health Organizatio (WHO)
Janez Potočnik, Co-Chair, International Resource Panel (IRP)
Robert Watson, Former Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity Ecosystem Services (IPBES)