SPAIN UPDATES THE NATIONAL PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STOCKHOLM CONVENTION AND THE COP REGULATION
The Council of Ministers, at the proposal of the Ministry for Ecological Transition, has agreed to update the National Plan for the implementation of the Stockholm Convention and Regulation (EC) 850/2004 on persistent organic pollutants (POP). POPs are chemical substances that gather four characteristics at the same time: they are highly toxic, very persistent, bioaccumulative and, at [...]
GLOBAL WATER QUALITY ALLIANCE LAUNCHES TO TACKLE THE GLOBAL WATER CRISIS
The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the European Commission's Joint Research Center (JRC) have this week launched the World Water Quality Alliance (WWQA) in "Ispra" , Italy. The Alliance will provide governments and other stakeholders with relevant evidence-based assessments, scenarios and solutions and services [...]
