? Webinar Series Launch | "Advancing the Transition to a Pollution-Free Agrifood Industry through Circular, Regenerative, and Bioeconomy Approaches"

This opening session on Tuesday May 6th, 2025 brings together experts from UN agencies and academia to explore how circularity, regenerative practices, and the bioeconomy approaches can support more sustainable agricultural value-chains.

The session will:
? Provide an understanding of how circular, regenerative and bioeconomy approaches can advance a transition to a pollution-free agrifood industry,
? Showcase how these approaches align with sustainable consumption and production patterns,
? Present policy experiences and actions from countries that are advancing circularity,
? Emphasize the importance of an inclusive and just transition.

The conversation builds on the momentum of UNEA-6 Resolution 1, which recognizes the potential of sustainably managed agro-industries—such as sugarcane—to contribute to climate mitigation, biodiversity protection, and pollution reduction.

? Kicking off the NIP Dialogue Series: Voices from the Countries

We’re excited to launch the series with a powerful first story from India—the world’s last remaining manufacturer of DDT. In this opening piece, we explore how the country is charting a bold and strategic path away from Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), while maintaining strong public health outcomes.

Through innovation, regulatory leadership, inclusive community engagement, and public-private collaboration, India offers a compelling example of how POPs can be phased out in practice—not just in policy.

✨ This series will continue to spotlight real-world experiences from countries actively working to develop, review, and update their National Implementation Plans (NIPs) under the Stockholm Convention—bringing country voices, lessons learned, and practical solutions to the forefront.

? Read the full blog here – and stay tuned for more stories from the ground!