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Numerous pesticides and hazardous chemicals are banned at the European Union level in order to protect human health and the environment. Yet these same products are currently produced and exported by EU companies to third countries where safety regulations are generally weaker and less strictly implemented. For instance, in 2018 alone, more than 81,000 tonnes of pesticides containing 41 different hazardous chemicals banned on EU agriculture fields, were exported to be used in other countries.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n
On 14 October 2020, the European Commission presented its Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability, where it\u00a0 promised to \u201clead by example, and, in line with international commitments, ensure that hazardous chemicals banned in the European Union are not produced for export, including by amending relevant legislation if and as needed.” However, in October of this year, the European Commission shared its Work Programme for 2023 and it still does not include the promised action to stop these exports.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n
The European institutions and Member States need to take urgent action, and here is why and how it can be done.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n
This conference gathers key actors from across the world to share their concerns on the impacts that European exports of pesticides and hazardous chemicals have in third countries. It aims to urge European policymakers to open their eyes to the repercussions of such discriminatory practices and take action.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n
PROGRAMME<\/b><\/p>\r\n
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09:15 – 10:45 Session 1<\/b> The EU\u2019s exports of banned pesticides and their impacts on importing countries<\/b><\/p>\r\n
Opening by the Chair Session 1, <\/span>Eva Corral<\/b>, The European Environmental Bureau, Senior Policy officer for Pesticide and Water pollution(5 mins)<\/span><\/p>\r\nIntroduction by <\/span>Dr. Marcos A. Orellana<\/b>, United Nations <\/span>Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights<\/b> (prerecorded video)<\/span> (5 mins)<\/span><\/p>\r\n\u201c<\/b>The impact of pesticides on farmworkers in Africa<\/span><\/i>\u201d (10mins)<\/span><\/p>\r\nMopholosi Morokong<\/b>, IUF, Occupational Health and Safety Officer for Africa (<\/span>online<\/span>)<\/span><\/p>\r\n\u201c<\/span>The EU\u2019s-banned pesticide exports<\/span><\/i>\u201d (10 mins)<\/span><\/p>\r\nLaurent Gaberell<\/b>, Public Eye, Agriculture and food expert, Switzerland<\/span><\/p>\r\n\u201c<\/span>Main findings of a new study on exports of banned pesticides from Belgium<\/span><\/i>\u201d (5 mins)<\/span><\/p>\r\nJonas Jaccard<\/b>, SOS Faim\/Pesticide coalition, Advocacy Officer, Belgium<\/span><\/p>\r\n\u201c<\/span>The voices of the impacted communities<\/span><\/i>\u201d (25 mins)<\/span><\/p>\r\nOpera\u00e7\u00e3o Amaz\u00f4nia Nativa<\/b> (OPAN) <\/span>(prerecorded video)<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\nLarissa Mies Bombardi<\/b>, Researcher at the Department of Geography, University of S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil<\/span><\/p>\r\nFobi Miterand Asoh<\/b>, Founder of NANNY Africa<\/span><\/p>\r\nMember of the One Health Network of Civil Society Organizations of Cameroon (ROOHCAM), Cameroon (<\/span>prerecorded video)<\/span><\/p>\r\nAhmed Tiamiyu,<\/b> Executive Director of Community Action Against Plastic Waste (CAPWs), Nigeria (<\/span>prerecorded video)<\/span><\/p>\r\n\u201c<\/span>Q&A session with participants<\/span><\/i>\u201d (20 mins)<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n
10:45 – 11:00 Coffee break\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\r\n
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11:00 – 12:30 Session 2 Why an EU ban on the export of banned pesticides and hazardous chemicals is needed and how to do it.<\/b><\/p>\r\n
Opening by Chair Session 2, <\/span>Martin Dermine,<\/b> PAN Europe, Executive Director (5 mins)<\/span><\/p>\r\n\u201c<\/span>Member States and export bans on pesticides and hazardous chemicals<\/span><\/i>\u201d (20 mins)<\/span><\/p>\r\nAdrien Volant, <\/b>deputy head of cabinet of Zakia Khattabi, Belgian Federal Minister for Climate, Environment, Sustainable Development and Green Deal<\/span>,<\/b> Belgium<\/span><\/p>\r\nCrispin Dowler,<\/b> Acting Co-Editor, Unearthed, The French pesticide export ban, France<\/span><\/p>\r\n\u201c<\/b>NGOs Joint-Statement, time to put an end to double standards\u201d (<\/span><\/i>10 mins<\/span>)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\nNina Holland<\/b>, Corporate Europe Observatory, Researcher and campaigner<\/span><\/p>\r\n\u201cPetition to Commissioner Sinkevi\u010dius\u201d <\/span><\/i>(5 minutes)<\/span><\/p>\r\nEoin Dubsky<\/b>, SumOfUs, Senior Campaign Manager<\/span><\/p>\r\n\u201cAn EU-wide export ban, what is the European Commission planning?\u201d (<\/span><\/i>10 minutes<\/span>)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\nPatrick Child,<\/b> Deputy Director General DG ENVI, European Commission<\/span><\/p>\r\n\u201c<\/span>Closing remarks from Members of the European Parliaments (MEPs)<\/span><\/i>\u201d (10 minutes)<\/span><\/p>\r\nMEP Maria ARENA <\/b>(S&D)<\/span><\/p>\r\nMEP E. Andrieu<\/b> (S&D) (<\/span>TBC<\/span>)<\/span><\/p>\r\n\u201c<\/span>Q&A session with participants<\/span><\/i>\u201d (20 mins)<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An EU-wide ban on the export of banned pesticides and hazardous chemicals:why do EU policymakers need to act & how? Thursday 1 December 2022 | 09:15 [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":108783,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[193],"tags":[196],"class_list":["post-108779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-past-event","tag-events"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Pesticides-Events.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}