Explore India’s progress in Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) management joining this side event at the 2025 Meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions (BRS COPs). This session shares findings and insights from the India National Implementation Plan (NIP) Update project.

? Management of Persistent Organic Pollutants in India: Findings of the India NIP Update Project

? 1 May 2025 | ? 18:15–19:45 CEST 
? Room No. 2, Geneva International Conference Centre, Geneva, Switzerland

Highlights include:  
? India’s national progress in POPs monitoring
? Exploring sustainable alternatives to DDT
? Insights on unintentional POPs from the NIP Update project
? Non-essential additives in plastics, and PFAS

Discover real experiences from India—with contributions from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change of India, Ministry of Chemicals and Petrochemicals of India, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR-NIIST), CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR) and HIL India Ltd. 

? Can’t attend in person? Register to join us online: 
? https://forms.gle/n5Jx5HHSA4jPq1beA 

? Organised by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI), serving as the Stockholm Convention Regional Centre (SCRC-India)