Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and Global Issues

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Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and Global
Issues

• A brief historical overview and thoughts for the
  future
• David Stone

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Topics

• History -The Road to Aåhus and Stockholm
• Lessons learned
• The future and global issues

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The Road to Aåhus and Stockholm
1989 Canada and Sweden place POPs on the agenda
of the UN-ECE LRTAP Convention
1991 AMAP established
1991-1994 LRTAP Task Force develops justification
document on the need for international action
1994 LRTAP Task Force State of Knowledge Reports
are accepted by Executive Body
1995-1997 LRTAP Preparatory Working Group and
Working Group on Strategies prepares POPs
Protocol
1997 AMAP Assessment reports released
1998 Aåhus LRTAP POPs protocol is signed
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Milestones on the Road to Stockholm
1989
The Road to Aåhus and Stockholm
Canada (DIAND) places
POPs
on the agenda of
the UN
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ECE LRTAP Convention
1991
NCP AMAP established
1991
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1994
Canada (DIAND) Sweden chair UN LRTAP
Task Force to justify need for international
action
1994
UN
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ECE LRTAP Task Force State ok
Knowledge Reports are accepted
1995
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1997
Canada (DIAND) chairs UN LRTAP Working Group
to prepare
POPs
protocol LRTAP Convention
1997
CACAR AMAP
Assessment reports
1995 Iceland takes LRTAP State of Knowledge
Report to UNEP Governing Council A global
assessment is initiated
1998
released under
DIAND chair
LRTAP
POPs
protocol is signed
1998-2000 Global negotiations under UNEP take
place and are conclude in Johannesburg
2001 Stockholm Signing of Global POPs Agreement
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Lessons Learned

• EB foresight
• Science foundation for policy
• People
• Synergy between organizations
• Simplicity works
• Balance between ambition and practicality

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The future and global issues

• Reviews of sufficiency and effectiveness and of
  new substance proposals
• Managing change to the Protocol
• Balance between ambition and practicality
  (again!)
• POPs Protocol in a global context