Webinar 2: part 2 OEWG on a Science Policy Panel to contribute further to the sound management of Chemicals and Waste and to prevent Pollution (SPP OEWG)

This presentation, delivered during Webinar 2, Part 2 in the lead-up to INC-2, outlines the ad hoc open-ended working group’s process to establish a science-policy panel on chemicals, waste, and pollution under UNEA resolution 5/8. It summarizes the panel’s objective and principal functions—horizon scanning, assessments, information provision, facilitation of knowledge sharing, and capacity-building under discussion. It traces the timeline from OEWG 1.1 (Nairobi, 6 Oct 2022) through OEWG 2 (Jordan, Dec 2023) and OEWG 3 (Geneva, 17–21 Jun 2024), details intersessional activities and stakeholder engagement across UN bodies and MEAs, and describes document development workflows and Secretariat contacts and academia.