A crowd of people stands indoors near two large banners for the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions. One banner reads COPs and the other BRS 2025 COPs. The event appears to be a formal gathering or conference.

BRS COPs 2025

Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
Geneva, Switzerland
April 28-May 9, 2025

 IPEN welcomed adoption at the COPs meetings of new policies to protect global health and the environment while warning that exemptions to restrictions on harmful chemicals would put public health at risk globally.

IPEN Statement

Nations Agree to Ban Toxic Plastic Chemicals but Take Unprecedented Action Putting Health and the Environment at Risk

At the conclusion of the BRS COPs, IPEN welcomed the decision by the COP to ban the large group of toxic industrial chemicals known as medium-chain chlorinated paraffins (MCCPs) but warned that the long list of exemptions allowed will perpetuate harm and result in large volumes of hazardous wastes to be produced for decades to come. During the COP deliberations, IPEN also welcomed decisions to globally ban another large chemical group long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids (LC-PFCAs) and the toxic pesticide chlorpyrifos.

In reflecting on the troubling decisions at the Stockholm COP to allow exemptions to global bans on harmful chemicals and to reopen a previous ban, IPEN Co-Chair Pamela Miller stated, “We should not allow continued uses of the most dangerous chemicals known. Science must be the foundation of the Convention’s decisions, which must meet the intent to protect the health of women, children, workers, Indigenous peoples, and future generations.”

Click below to read IPEN’s press statements.

Final Statement
Previous Statement

Featured VIDEOS

IPEN Educational Events

During the negotiations, IPEN co-hosted several events to educate delegates, including:

  • A panel on “Gender, Toxics Exposures & Human Rights.”
  • A panel on “A More Protective Stockholm Convention, for Children’s Health.”
  • IPEN Steering Committee member Aileen Lucero was a panel member for a discussion on “Advancing a Rights-based Approach and Environmental Justice.”
  • A panel on labor, chemical policy, and a just transition.

Click the video (left) to see recordings of these events.

Two women sit at a conference table behind a sign labeled IPEN. One is speaking into a microphone, and both have laptops. Other attendees and a water dispenser are visible in the background.
Arnika staff person at their booth at BRS COP 2025

Summary and IPEN Materials

IPEN noted several developments at the 2025 COPs and provided resources for delegates. Some highlights included:

  • IPEN welcomed the Stockholm COP decision to add the toxic pesticide chlorpyrifos (a chemical linked to damage to children’s developing brains), a group of PFAS “forever chemicals” called long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids (LC-PFCAs), and the toxic chemical group medium-chain chlorinated paraffins (MCCPs) to its list of hazardous chemicals slated for global elimination. 
  • IPEN also applauded a decision to add a large group of toxic plastic chemicals known as  to the Stockholm list of substances slated for global elimination.
  • However, IPEN expressed serious concern about a decision by the Stockholm COP, which for the first time in its history, reopened a previous decision, allowing new exemptions on its 2023 ban of a highly toxic substance, the plastic chemical UV-328. 
  • IPEN welcomed the Stockholm Convention adoption of new guidelines for cleaning up POP contaminated sites, which were co-drafted by IPEN Advisors over a 9-year period. The guidance will support millions of people by improving protections from the health hazards posed by thousands of POP contaminated sites around the globe. 

IPEN produced several resources for BRS delegates, including: 

Kasunduan sa Stockholm

Mga Publikasyon

Tingnan Lahat
Holpechen, Campeche, Mexico- Isang manggagawang bukid na nag-a-apply ng pestisidyo sa papaya na nakayapak at walang kagamitang pangkaligtasan. Larawan ni Fernando Bejarano 2014

Bawal ang Chlorpyrifos: Liham mula sa Project TENDR at Iba Pa

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GABAY SA MGA BAGONG POPS: CHLORPYRIFOS

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GABAY SA MGA BAGONG POP: LONG-CHAIN PERFLUOROCARBOXYLIC ACIDS (PFCAs), MGA ASIN NITO, AT MGA KAUGNAY NA COMPOUND

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GABAY SA BAGONG POPS: MEDIUM-CHAIN CHLORINATED PARAFFINS

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Mula sa Nakatagong Panganib tungo sa Bukas na Datos: Pagpapaunlad ng Traceability at Transparency para sa mga POPs

Skrinshot ng ika-10 ng Marso, 2020, sa ika-5

Komite ng Pagsusuri ng mga POP ng Konbensiyon sa Stockholm (POPRC): Mga Materyales ng IPEN

Malalaking puting sako pang-industriya, ang ilan ay mantsado at kupas, ang nakasalansan sa dalawang hanay sa tabi ng putik na tubig, at makikita pa sa likuran ang mas maraming sako at isang tigang na tanawin.

Mababang Antas ng POPs at mga Teknolohiyang Hindi Sumasailang

Isang tandang na may puti at itim na balahibo ang kumukurot sa mga nagkalat na basura sa lupa sa isang panlabas na lugar na may berdeng mga halaman at pader na ladrilyo sa likuran.

Mga Pag-aaral sa Itlog: Mga Pandaigdigang Ulat

Ulat ng kopya 10 2023

Mapanganib na Basura ba ang mga Laruan ng Iyong mga Anak?

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Mahahabang-chain na PFCA: Mga Pag-aaral at Pananaw ng IPEN

Kemikal na Pang-industriya na Nakakalason at Inirerekomenda para sa Pandaigdigang Pagbabawal ay Nahawahan ang mga Laruan ng mga Bata

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Pagtatapos ng mga Toxic na Exemptions

IPEN (International Pollutants Elimination Network)
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