National Implementation Plan of Brazil for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants Updated

The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) commits governments to reducing, and where feasible, eliminating the production and environmental releases of POPs. The Convention entered into force on 17 May 2004. Brazil ratified the Stockholm Convention in 2004 through the Legislative Decree No. 204 of 2004 June 16 and promulgated the Convention through the Executive Decree No. 5,472 on June 20, 2005. The Article 7 (seventh) of the Stockholm Convention establishes that Parties shall develop and disseminate a National Implementation Plan (NIP) setting out the strategies and measures planned to meet their country commitments. The first Brazil's NIP was submitted to the Conference of the Parties in 2015. In addition to the initial 12 POPs, the Plan addressed the 11 POPs included until the sixty Conference of the Parties, in 2013. After that, seven additional chemicals and related compounds were listed as POPs in the Stockholm Convention Annexes, in consequence of this it became necessary to review and update the NIP-Brazil-2015, as one of the commitments of the Brazilian State to the Stockholm Convention. The NIP of the Stockholm Convention that we now present to the country is a guide for public and private action for the reduction and elimination of POPs. This document updates the NIP-Brazil-2015 as a result of the UNEP/GEF Project “Review and Update of the NIP for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Brazil”. The new NIP of the Stockholm Convention embodies an international commitment while representing an essential tool for the country to mobilize resources to eliminate POPs. Brazil recognizes that NIP requires to be revised and updated from time to time according to relevant changes in the national priorities and changes in the status of a POP or listing new chemicals. Furthermore, the learning processes during each review and update of the NIPs are fully acknowledge as an extremely valuable tool for improving the national capacity of dealing with POPs over time.