Abstract

Efforts are underway to establish a global science-policy panel on chemicals, waste, and pollution. This proposed body is intended to complement existing institutions like the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). However, Allan et al. [2] caution against assuming that these models are suitable templates. Their article challenges three core assumptions that risk undermining the panel’s potential.