The Global Chemicals Monitoring Programme (GCMP) is a global initiative led by UNEP and funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF). It brings together governments, regional centres, scientific institutions, and laboratories from five regions to collect and share reliable, comparable data on POPs and mercury. This information helps countries track progress and support the implementation of the Stockholm and Minamata Conventions.
The GCMP builds on the successes and lessons learned from earlier projects, which established worldwide networks for monitoring persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and strengthened monitoring capacities in developing countries. Building on this foundation, the programme expands its scope by integrating mercury monitoring alongside POPs for the first time. It also places a strong emphasis on enhancing laboratory and analytical capacities, harmonizing monitoring approaches, strengthening collaboration among countries and regional institutions, improving knowledge sharing and communication, and promoting the integration of gender and human rights considerations throughout programme implementation. Together, these efforts support the development of sustainable national and regional monitoring systems capable of providing reliable scientific data well beyond the programme's duration.
The programme is implemented through a Global Coordination Project and five Regional Projects covering more than 50 countries across Africa, Asia, the Pacific Islands, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Through coordinated environmental and human biomonitoring, interlaboratory assessments, technical support, capacity-building activities, and scientific collaboration, the GCMP further strengthens global monitoring networks and generates high-quality data on POPs in the environment and people, as well as mercury in the air.
By strengthening long-term monitoring systems and scientific cooperation worldwide, the GCMP provides the evidence needed to support healthier communities, cleaner environments, and more effective chemicals and waste management.
The interactive dashboard below highlights key results and progress from these activities, providing access to monitoring data and information on the programme's various components, including previous projects.
Suggested citation: United Nations Environment Programme POPs monitoring data dashboard (2024)
Open the dashboard in a separate tab - Tutorial Video: How to navigate the dashboard? (tutorial without music)
WHY POPS . GCMP OVERVIEW . DATA GENERATION . CAPACITY BUILDING . INTERLAB . HISTORY . REPORTS
