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UNIDO: Working for POPs-free Industries

14 November 2012, Inception Workshop Turkey EA on NIP Update

ALFREDO CUEVA, Ph.D.Industrial Development Officer

Stockholm Convention Unit, UNIDO

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Sound Management of Chemicals

Agenda 21 (1992)19. Environmentally sound management of toxic

chemicals, including prevention of illegal international traffic in toxic and dangerous products

19.4. (d) Establishment of risk reduction programmes: Stockholm Convention; Montreal Protocol

Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (2002)23. “Sound management of chemicals…, by 2020, that

chemicals are used and produced in ways that lead to the minimization of significant adverse effects on human health and the environment…”

IndustrialDischarges

Particulates

SedimentSediment

Food Chain

AtmosphericAtmospheric pollutants pollutants

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Stockholm Convention on POPs

• The Convention was adopted and opened for signature during the Stockholm Conference of May 22-23, 2001.

• The Convention is legally binding, global in scope and multimedia in coverage. The GEF is the Funding Instrument.

• Dirty Dozen: Pesticides (Agriculture and Health), PCBs (Industry and Energy), Dioxins/Furans (By products). 9 new Chemicals (Nasty Nines) and endosulfan recently added. HBCD (hexabromocyclododecane) to be considered at COP-6 in 2013

SC at 10: 10 new POPs added

2009 COP4

amends the

Convention to list 9 new POPs

2011COP5

amends the

Convention to list

endosulfan

20012001Adoption

of the Conventio

n mandates

global action

over 12 POPs

20012001Adoption

of the Conventio

n mandates

global action

over 12 POPs

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Established in November 1966

Became a specialized UN agency in 1985

Core Functions Technical Cooperation

Agency Global Forum Facilitator

UNIDO: specialized UN agency

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Trade Capacity Building

Energy and Environment

Poverty Reduction

UNIDO Thematic Priorities

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UNIDO on Environmental Management

Promoting the cleaner and more efficient use of resources and energy by industry, i.e. the Green Industry

Facilitating productive activities (particularly in rural areas) through the provision of modern energy supplies based on renewable energy and development of environmental management standards.

Eliminating the dangers caused to human health and the environment by POPs and persistent toxic substances (PTS) contributes to a sustainable growth in productivity and, within the proper framework conditions, leads to a sustained and more equitable economic development.

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Assistance on NIP Formulation

Environmentally Sound Management of PCBs

BAT/BEP Contaminated

Sites Management New POPs NIP Updates E-waste

UNIDO POPs Programme

contaminated site

PCB transformers

BAT/BEP on boilers

Guidance on new POPs inventory

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The preparation of a NIP is foreseen in the framework of the obligations for the parties to the Stockholm Convention (Article 7) to define a country’s commitment how to implement the Convention requirements.

National Implementation Plan (NIP) and Enabling activities

What is a NIP?

It is the legal and institutional framework with the action and strategy plans that need to be

implemented to phase out, eliminate or reduce persistent

organic pollutants (POPs) listed under the Stockholm Convention

(Annex A, B and C).

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NIPs and NIP Updates: UNIDO-assisted

Completed and Submitted NIPs • Africa: Algeria, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia,

Gabon, Ghana, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo

• Asia and Pacific: China P.R., Mongolia, Nepal, Turkey, India• Europe: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Poland,

Romania, Turkey• Americas: Bolivia, Guatemala, Venezuela

Ongoing NIP and Enabling Activities support:• Africa: Angola, Botswana, Eritrea, Niger,• Asia and Pacific: Myanmar• Europe: Bosnia

Ongoing NIP Update and Enabling Activities support:• Asia and Pacific: Philippines, Indonesia, Mongolia, Lao PDR• Europe: Macedonia, Bosnia, Serbia, Turkey, Armenia• Africa: Sudan, Algeria, Burkina Faso, Swaziland, Ethiopia, Togo, Tanzania, Seychelles• Americas: Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala,

Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, Venezuela

Completed and Submitted NIPs

52%

16%

24%8%

Africa

Asia andPacific

Europe

Americas

46 countries

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NIP Update Guidance Documents

The set of guidance documents aims at:– supporting Parties in developing strategies to

restrict and eliminate the new POPs,– providing guidance on establishing inventories,

monitoring the presence of products and articles containing new POPs,

– selecting best available techniques and best environmental practices for situations when production, use and recycling of industrial POPs are allowed by the Convention.

UNIDO has developed for the SC Secretariat a set of guidance to assist Parties in updating their NIP to address the new POPs. (please refer to this link http://chm.pops.int/Implementation/NIPs/Guidance/tabid/2882/Default.aspx)

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Post- NIPs Activities

5%

35% 30%

10%

20%

BAT/BEP

FSP NIP

Mixed POPsManagement andDisposal

Obsolete Pesticides

PCB Managementand Disposal

UNIDO Portfolio by Contaminant/Activity

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• Transfer of Technologies for the destruction of POPs stockpiles and wastes (Med-waste and PCBs).

• Promotion of Alternatives to POPs Pesticides Formulations.

• Global Forums for POPs Reduction and Elimination.

UNIDO POPs Programme: Focus

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FOCUS ON COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES plus SYNERGIES AND COOPERATION.

PARTNERSHIPS WITH SPECIALIZED INSTITUTIONS, Civil Society Orgs (CSOs) AND PRIVATE SECTOR.

MATCHING GEF AND OTHER DONORS FUNDS AND COFINANCING.

UNIDO POPs Programme: Strategies

Working for POPs-free Industries

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For more Information

Visit UNIDO’s POPs Portal

www.unido.org/POPs

Thank you!

www.unido.org/POPs

www.thegef.org

www.pops.int