Chemicals, Environment, Health
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Chemicals, Environment, Health

A Global Management Perspective

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eBook - ePub

Chemicals, Environment, Health

A Global Management Perspective

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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 addressin

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Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2011
eBook ISBN
9781040206164
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Environmental Science

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Foreword
  8. Preface
  9. Editors
  10. Contributors
  11. Section I The Context
  12. Chapter 1 Creating and Controlling Chemical Hazards: A Brief History
  13. Section II Conferences
  14. Chapter 2 Stockholm 1972: Conference on the Human Environment
  15. Chapter 3 Rio 1992: The UN Conference on Environment and Development (The “Earth Summit”)
  16. Chapter 4 Johannesburg 2002: The World Summit on Sustainable Development
  17. Chapter 5 International Conference on Chemicals Management 1, ICCM-1
  18. Chapter 6 International Conference on Chemicals Management 2, ICCM-2: Cementing Process and Making Progress toward the 2020 Goal
  19. Section III Global/Multilateral Instruments
  20. Chapter 7 The Aarhus Convention: Impact on Sound Chemicals Management with Special Emphasis on Africa
  21. Chapter 8 The Basel Convention—A Promising Future
  22. Chapter 9 The Climate Change Convention and the Kyoto Protocol
  23. Chapter 10 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
  24. Chapter 11 The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals: The System, Its History and Context, and the Future of Implementation
  25. Chapter 12 The International Code of Conduct on Distribution and Use of Pesticides
  26. Chapter 13 The Kiev Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers
  27. Chapter 14 The Rotterdam Convention
  28. Chapter 15 Implementing the Stockholm Convention: An Increasingly Expensive Challenge
  29. Chapter 16 The Vienna Convention, Montreal Protocol, and Global Policy to Protect Stratospheric Ozone
  30. Section IV SAICM
  31. Chapter 17 Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management: Development and Opportunities
  32. Section V Oorganizations
  33. Chapter 18 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
  34. Chapter 19 International Chemicals Management within the Global Environmental Governance Context
  35. Chapter 20 Managing Chemical Risks: The Role of the Chemical Industry
  36. Chapter 21 The Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety
  37. Chapter 22 International Labour Organization’s Activities in the Area of Chemical Safety
  38. Chapter 23 Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals
  39. Chapter 24 The International Panel on Chemical Pollution
  40. Chapter 25 The Role of the International POPS Elimination Network
  41. Chapter 26 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
  42. Chapter 27 The Chemical Weapons Convention and the Work of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
  43. Chapter 28 National and International Scientific Societies’ Role in Global Collaboration in Chemicals Management
  44. Chapter 29 The Role of United Nations Development Programme in Sound Chemicals Management
  45. Chapter 30 United Nations Environment Programme and UNEP Chemicals
  46. Chapter 31 United Nations Industrial Development Organization
  47. Chapter 32 United Nations Institute for Training and Research
  48. Chapter 33 The Contributions of the World Health Organization to Sound Chemicals Management
  49. Chapter 34 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
  50. Section VI Representative Country Implementations
  51. Chapter 35 Chilean Approach to Chemical Safety and Management
  52. Chapter 36 Chemical Management System in China: Past, Present, Future
  53. Chapter 37 Chemicals in Egypt: A Generic Perspective
  54. Chapter 38 Capacities for Chemicals and Pesticides Management in Ghana
  55. Chapter 39 Chemicals Management and Safety in India
  56. Chapter 40 São Tomé and Príncipe and the Issue of Persistent Organic Pollutants
  57. Chapter 41 Activities, Challenges, and Accomplishments of the Republic of Slovenia in the Implementation of Chemical Management Instruments
  58. Chapter 42 Implementation of the Rotterdam Convention in Third World Countries: The Tanzania Experience
  59. Section VII Regional Activities
  60. Chapter 43 Tripartite Environmental Collaboration between China, Japan, and Korea in Chemical Management
  61. Chapter 44 REACH: Next Step to a Sound Chemicals Management
  62. Chapter 45 North America Cooperation in Chemical Management
  63. Chapter 46 Regional Cooperation among South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Countries in the Areas of Chemical and Environmental Risk Management
  64. Section VIII Invited Essays
  65. Chapter 47 A Global Approach to Environmental Emergencies
  66. Chapter 48 Emerging Issues in Global Chemical Policy
  67. Chapter 49 Financing Instruments Related to Chemicals and Waste Management
  68. Chapter 50 Information Resources Supporting Global Chemicals Policy and Management
  69. Section IX Future Outlook
  70. Chapter 51 Future Outlook and Challenges
  71. Appendix A: Abbreviations
  72. Appendix B: Web Sites