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New global science panel set for chemicals, waste, and pollution

UNEP says it began work in 2022 to create a panel that could fill a major gap in the global environmental architecture.

Uruguay hosted UNEP-backed negotiations to create the new panel. (Ivan Bandura/Unsplash)

Nations joined in creating a new global panel that can set science policy to tackle the growing crisis of toxic pollution and waste fouling our planet.

An intergovernmental meeting convened by the United Nations Environment Program and hosted by Uruguay in the coastal resort city of Punta del Este concluded on Friday with creation of the new panel to help manage chemicals and waste, and to prevent pollution.

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