The Committee has a varied and wide-ranging agenda to evaluate long lived toxic chemicals that adversely affect human health and the environment around the world.

The Chemical Review Committee of the Rotterdam Convention has 33 notifications to review—nearly all pesticides—at a time when there are lively debates on the effectiveness of the Rotterdam Convention.

The Forum let stakeholders evaluate progress on the Global Framework on Chemicals' objectives and targets one year after its adoption.

To prepare for the next meeting of the Conference of the Parties, delegates grappled with challenges in regulating the movement of transboundary waste. This requires a common understanding of what counts as waste as definitions continue to change as technology advances.