Farmers in a field in Ethiopia learning about pesticide-free farming

Global Action

Global Action on Toxic Pesticides

IPEN works with our partners through the Stockholm Convention, the Global Framework on Chemicals (GFC), and other global policy forums to end the production and use of hazardous pesticides.

Stockholm Convention

Several toxic pesticides, including DDT, were among the first “dirty dozen” chemicals banned globally under the Stockholm Convention. IPEN continues to advocate at the Convention for global bans on hazardous pesticides.

Global Framework on Chemicals

IPEN works with a broad coalition of sustainable agriculture advocates, women’s health groups, labor organizations, public health and medical groups, and others through the GFC and its Global Alliance on Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) to further the goal of a global phase-out of HHPs by 2035.

Environment and Science

IPEN advocates for global action to end threats from toxic pesticides at other global forums. At the 2024 UN Environment Assembly (UNEA), IPEN released a report documenting global threats from HHPs. Pesticide policies may also be discussed at the Science-Policy Panel meetings, the POPRC, and other global policy venues.

Publications

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Holpechen, Campeche, Mexico- A farmworker spraying pesticides in papaya with bare feet and no protection equipment Photo by Fernando Bejarano 2014

Ban Chlorpyrifos: Letter from Project TENDR and Others

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GUIDE TO NEW POPS: CHLORPYRIFOS

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Stakeholder Statement on the Global Alliance on Highly Hazardous Pesticides

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The Global Threat from Highly Hazardous Pesticides

A close-up of an old orange and white metal can labeled DDT 32 INSECT KILLER, showing ingredients and information from Thompson Chemicals Corporation. The label indicates it contains 2 lbs of DDT per gallon.

DDT: Country-based Reports

A barefoot man filling a bowl on the ground with pesticides

Chlorpyrifos: Country-based Reports

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Alternatives to Pesticides: Country-based Reports

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Highly Hazardous Pesticides – Country-based Reports

A person wearing protective clothing sprays chemicals on green rice plants in a field, using a large tank and hose carried on their back. Another sprayer is visible on the right side of the image.

2015 update (NGO Guide to Hazardous Pesticides and SAICM)

A person in protective clothing sprays disinfectant on the door of a small, mud-brick house with a tin roof. Several yellow containers and a wooden bench are positioned in front of the building.

IPEN – PAN Statement for COP4: Towards malaria reduction without DDT

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NGO Guide to Hazardous Pesticides and SAICM

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Pesticide Stockpile Handbook

IPEN (International Pollutants Elimination Network)
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