We need a global science-policy body on chemicals and waste

j 2021

We need a global science-policy body on chemicals and waste

WANG, Zhanyun, Rolf ALTENBURGER, Thomas BACKHAUS, Adrian COVACI, Miriam Leah DIAMOND et. al.

Basic information

Original name

We need a global science-policy body on chemicals and waste

Authors

WANG, Zhanyun (756 Switzerland), Rolf ALTENBURGER (276 Germany), Thomas BACKHAUS (752 Sweden), Adrian COVACI (56 Belgium), Miriam Leah DIAMOND (124 Canada), Joan O. GRIMALT (724 Spain), Rainer LOHMANN (276 Germany), Andreas SCHAFFER (276 Germany), Martin SCHERINGER (756 Switzerland, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Henrik SELIN (840 United States of America), Anna SOEHL (756 Switzerland) and Noriyuki SUZUKI (392 Japan)

Edition

Science, Washington, D.C. AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE, 2021, 0036-8075

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku (nerecenzovaný)

Field of Study

10500 1.5. Earth and related environmental sciences

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 63.714

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/21:00122994

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.abe9090

UT WoS

000619664700025

Keywords in English

IPBES

Abstract

V originále

A working science-policy interface (SPI) is essential for effective environmental policies. In the area of chemicals and waste there are many SPI bodies for certain spatial domains or types of chemicals, such as the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) for chemicals in the Arctic or the POPs Review Committee for Persistent Organic Pollutants. However, a global SPI body, similar to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, is missing in the area of chemicals and waste. Here we present four gaps in the landscape of SPI bodies for chemicals and outline the goals and key elements of a global SPI body for chemicals and waste. The four gaps include insufficient coverage of issues of concern, a lack of horizon scanning, a lack of bi-directional communication between science and policy, and insufficient involvement of the wider scientific community. A global SPI body responding to these gaps needs (i) to be inclusive of all relevant chemicals and issues, (ii) to be intergovernmental, (iii) to have a strict conflict-of-interest policy, and (iv) to receive broad and balanced contributions from all sciences and regions of the world.

Links

EF15_003/0000469, research and development project

Name: Cetocoen Plus

Citovat

WANG, Zhanyun, Rolf ALTENBURGER, Thomas BACKHAUS, Adrian COVACI, Miriam Leah DIAMOND, Joan O. GRIMALT, Rainer LOHMANN, Andreas SCHAFFER, Martin SCHERINGER, Henrik SELIN, Anna SOEHL and Noriyuki SUZUKI. We need a global science-policy body on chemicals and waste. Science. Washington, D.C.: AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE, 2021, vol. 371, No 6531, p. 774-776. ISSN 0036-8075. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.abe9090.

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WANG, Zhanyun, Rolf ALTENBURGER, Thomas BACKHAUS, Adrian COVACI, Miriam Leah DIAMOND, Joan O. GRIMALT, Rainer LOHMANN, Andreas SCHAFFER, Martin SCHERINGER, Henrik SELIN, Anna SOEHL and Noriyuki SUZUKI. We need a global science-policy body on chemicals and waste. \textit{Science}. Washington, D.C.: AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE, 2021, vol.~371, No~6531, p.~774-776. ISSN~0036-8075. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.abe9090.

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