The Youth Briefing aims to bring more youth voices into globally-coordinated efforts to find solutions to pollution. With multiple UN negotiations scheduled in 2025 on chemicals and waste, the vision for this session is to provide youth with foundational knowledge of how policies are developed, the key issues of concern, the different actors driving progress, and where youth fit in the process.
By order of intervention, speakers will include:
- Shannon LISA | Chemicals and Waste Youth Platform Global Focal Point
- Joshua PRENTICE | Chemicals and Waste Youth Platform Plastic Pollution Thematic Focal Point
- Rolph PAYET | Executive Secretary, Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
- Monika STANKIEWICZ | Executive Secretary, Minamata Convention Secretariat
- Delfina HLASHWAYO | Chemicals and Waste Youth Platform member (Mozambique)
- Nicole O. CAESAR | Global Framework on Chemicals Secretariat
- Marinda Imakulata TAGIILIMA | Chemicals and Waste Youth Platform member (Samoa)
Register here.
More information: http://bit.ly/CWP-Youth-Briefing
The Major Groups Facilitating Committee (MGFC) at UNEP is organizing a preparatory webinar for major groups and stakeholders on the way to OEWG 3.2 for a Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste & Pollution. This will take place online on Zoom on Wednesday, 23 April at 14:00 EAT / East African Time. To register kindly follow this link.
The Chair as well as the Secretary of the OEWG 3.2. will be present and update on the latest developments, decisions, and documents on the way to OEWG 3.2.