Chemicals, Environment, Health : A Global Management Perspective

The past 40 years have seen a phenomenal growth in globally oriented public and private initiatives related to chemical and environmental issues. The groundbreaking 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment held in Stockholm was the event responsible for initiating framework for global environmental policies, including those addressing chemical safety. It gave rise to the first World Environment Day and the creation of the United Nations Environment Programme, leading the way to the acknowledgement that sustainable development is the most logical and viable pathway to preserve and enhance our environment for future generations.

Chemicals, Environment, Health: A Global Management Perspective presents an overview of the noteworthy conferences, organizations, and international treaties that focus on chemicals management and policy. It takes into account special challenges faced by developing countries regarding chemicals safety. From the Stockholm Conference to follow-ups in Rio and Johannesburg, it provides concise coverage of a vast swath of information. It highlights pivotal agreements such as the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions, the more expansive Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management, as well as key regional agreements such as the European Union’s REACH legislation. The book includes invited essays in areas such as emergencies and financing instruments, and offers a clear look at future challenges and opportunities.

Written by a team of authors from all continents, with backgrounds in international organizations, national governments, academia, industry, and NGOs, the book reflects a wide experience from a multitude of perspectives.

A valuable guidebook to global chemicals management cooperation, this book reviews and analyzes multi-lateral efforts established to address the potential risks of chemicals on the world stage.

Foreword
Preface
Editors
Contributors

Section I : The Context
Chapter 1 : Creating and Controlling Chemical Hazards : A Brief History

Section II : Conferences
Chapter 2 : Stockholm, 1972 : Conference on the Human Environment
Chapter 3 : Rio 1992 : The UN Conference on Environment and Development (The "Earth Summit")
Chapter 4 : Johannesburg (2002) The World Summit on Sustainable Development
Chapter 5 : International Conference on Chemicals Management 1
Chapter 6 : ICCM-2 : Cementing Process and Making Progress toward the 2020 Goal

Section III : Global/Multilateral Instruments
Chapter 7 : The Aarhus Convention : Impact on Sound Chemicals Management with Special Emphasis on Africa
Chapter 8 : Global Collaborations in Managing Chemical and Environmental Risks : The Basel Convention—A Promising Future
Chapter 9 : The Climate Change Convention and the Kyoto Protocol
Chapter 10 : Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
Chapter 11 : The Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals : The System, Its History and Context, and the Future of Implementation
Chapter 12 : The International Code of Conduct on Distribution and Use of Pesticides
Chapter 13 : The Kiev Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers
Chapter 14 : The Rotterdam Convention
Chapter 15 : Implementing the Stockholm Convention : An Increasingly Expensive Challenge
Chapter 16 : The Vienna Convention, Montreal Protocol, and Global Policy to Protect Stratospheric Ozone

Section IV : SAICM
Chapter 17 : Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management : Development and Opportunities

Section V : Organizations
Chapter 18 : Food and Agriculture Organization
Chapter 19 : International Chemicals Management within the Global Environmental Governance Context
Chapter 20 : Managing Chemical Risks : The Role of the Chemical Industry
Chapter 21 : The Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety
Chapter 22 : International Labour Organization’s Activities in the Area of Chemical Safety
Chapter 23 : Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemical
Chapter 24 : The International Panel on Chemical Pollution
Chapter 25 : The Role of the International POPs Elimination Network
Chapter 26 : Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Chapter 27 : The Chemical Weapons Convention and the Work of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
Chapter 28 : National and International Scientific Societies Role in Global Collaboration in Chemicals Management
Chapter 29 : The Role of United Nations Development Programme in Sound Chemicals Management
Chapter 30 : United Nations Environment Programme and UNEP Chemicals
Chapter 31 : United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Chapter 32 : United Nations Institute for Training and Research
Chapter 33 : The Contributions of the World Health Organization to Sound Chemicals Management
Chapter 34 : The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Section VI : Representative Country Implementations
Chapter 35 : Chilean Approach to Chemical Safety and Management
Chapter 36 : Chemical Management System in China : Past, Present, Future
Chapter 37 : Chemicals in Egypt : A Generic Perspective
Chapter 38 : Capacities for Chemicals and Pesticides Management in Ghana
Chapter 39 : Chemicals Management and Safety in India
Chapter 40 : Sao Tomé and Principe and the Issue of Persistent Organic Pollutants
Chapter 41 : Activities, Challenges, and Accomplishments of the Republic of Slovenia in the Implementation of Chemical Management Instruments
Chapter 42 : Implementation of the Rotterdam Convention in Third World Countries : The Tanzania Experience

Section VII : Regional Activities
Chapter 43 : Tripartite Environmental Collaboration between China, Japan, and Korea in Chemical Management
Chapter 44 : REACH : Next Step to a Sound Chemicals Management
Chapter 45 : North America Cooperation in Chemical Management
Chapter 46 : Regional Cooperation among South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Countries in the Areas of Chemical and Environmental Risk Management

Section VIII : Invited Essays
Chapter 47 : A Global Approach to Environmental Emergencies
Chapter 48 : Emerging Issues in Global Chemical Policy
Chapter 49 : Financing Instruments Related to Chemicals and Waste Management
Chapter 50 : Information Resources Supporting Global Chemicals Policy and Management

Section IX : Future Outlook
Chapter 51 : Future Outlook and Challenges

Appendix A : Abbreviations
Appendix B : Web Sites
Index