BRS COPs 2025
From 28 April to 9 May, PAN International, its members and Regional Centres will attend the meetings of the Conferences of the Parties (COP) to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions in Geneva, Switzerland – the BRS COPS.
This year, the very harmful insecticide chlorpyrifos is recommended for listing on Annex A of the Stockholm Convention and Annex III of the Rotterdam Convention. Other harmful pesticides, such as paraquat, acetochlor, carbosulfan and others are also recommended for listing on Annex III of the Rotterdam Convention.
PAN’s BRS COPs Advisory strongly urges parties to the conventions (governments) to list all of these pesticides in Geneva without exception, and provides a range of technical briefings and further resources on chlorpyrifos and other pesticides produced by members of PAN’s Regional Centres to inform delegates about the health impacts of these pesticides, and ecologically sound and socially just alternatives.
PAN has been involved in the development of the Stockholm Convention since its inception in 2001, participating in its expert review committee, POPRC, as observers. The Convention aims to protect human health and the environment from persistent organic pollutants (POPs) such as pesticides, including by listing them on its Annexes, which provide for different levels of regulation, including global bans. PAN members also contribute to the work of the Rotterdam Convention on international trade in hazardous chemicals, including as observers in its Chemical Review Committee (CRC), which recommends pesticides for listing so that countries must exchange information.
Please join us online or in person for our co-organised official BRS COPs side event, on 2 May, 18:15-19:45 CEST: Accelerating the transition from HHPs to biopesticides and agroecological alternatives: Fostering sustainable food systems while mitigating severe environmental and public health impacts
Technical briefings for the 2025 BRS COPs include:
Briefings: Nonchemical alternatives to chlorpyrifos
- Non-chemical Alternatives to Chlorpyrifos in India (in French, in Spanish)
- Beyond Chlorpyrifos: Transitioning to safer pest management for key crops in Southeast Asia
- Nonchemical alternatives to chlorpyrifos for the specific exemptions recommended by the POPRC
Additional information
Information on chlorpyrifos and health
- Folleto sobre clorpirifos
- Informe sobre clorpirifos en México: Razones para su prohibición
- Urgent Need to Ban the Brain-Harming Chlorpyrifos
- State Of Chlorpyrifos, Fipronil, Atrazine And Paraquat Dichloride In India
Information on paraquat: Alternatives and health effects
- Adverse health effects caused by paraquat
- Agriculture without paraquat is feasible without loss of productivity—lessons learned from phasing out a highly hazardous herbicide
- Field guide: How to grow crops without paraquat
