Persistent Organic Pollutants and the Stockholm Convention : A resource guide

Abstract

The World Bank is an implementing agency with the United Nations Environment Program and United Nations Development Program of the Global Environment Facility (GEF). The GEF has been named as the interim financial mechanism for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. This Persistent Organic Pollutants and the Stockholm Convention: A Resource Guide incorporates a "primer' on persistent organic pollutants, including brief descriptions of the 12 persistent organic pollutants or POPs listed in the Convention, together with an overview of the Convention. It was prepared for use by decision-makers and a general audience.