The Stockholm Convention is key to addressing the global threats of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) to humanity and the environment. It has been successful in identifying new POPs, but its national implementation remains challenging, particularly by low- and middle-income Parties. Concerted action is needed to assist Parties in implementing the Convention's obligations. This analysis aims to identify and recommend research and scientific support needed for timely implementation of the Convention. We aim this analysis at scientists and experts from a variety of natural and social sciences and from all sectors (academia, civil society, industry, and government institutions), as well as research funding agencies. Further, we provide practical guidance to scientists and experts to promote the visibility and accessibility of their work for the Convention's implementation, followed by recommendations for sustaining scientific support to the Convention. This study is the first of a series on analyzing policy needs for scientific evidence under global governance on chemicals and waste.

Chemicals Control and Management Centre Environmental Protection Agency Ministries P O Box MB 326 Accra GR Ghana

Department of Chemistry Norwegian University of Science and Technology 7491 Trondheim Norway

Department of Earth Sciences and School of the Environment University of Toronto Toronto Ontario M5S 3B1 Canada

Department of Environmental Science Stockholm University 106 91 Stockholm Sweden

Department of Physiological Sciences State University of Londrina Londrina PR 86 057 970 Brazil

Empa Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology Technology and Society Laboratory CH 9014 St Gallen Switzerland

Environment and Climate Change Canada Canada Centre for Inland Waters Burlington Ontario L7S 1A1 Canada

Finnish Environment Institute Contaminants Unit 00790 Helsinki Finland

Institute for Graduate Studies and Research Anton de Kom University of Suriname P O B 9212 Paramaribo Suriname

Institute of Environmental Engineering ETH Zürich 8093 Zürich Switzerland

Material Cycles Division National Institute for Environmental Studies 16 2 Onogawa Tsukuba Ibaraki 305 8506 Japan

National Chemicals and Hazardous Waste Directorate Secretariat of Environmental Control and Monitoring Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development San Martin 451 Autonomous City of Buenos Aires C1004AAI Argentina

Planning Division National Institute for Environmental Studies 16 2 Onogawa Tsukuba Ibaraki 305 8506 Japan

POPs Environmental Consulting 73527 Schwäbisch Gmünd Germany

RECETOX Centre of Masaryk University the Stockholm Convention Regional Centre for Capacity Building and the Transfer of Technology in Central and Eastern Europe 611 37 Brno Czech Republic

State Key Joint Laboratory for Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering Peking University Beijing 100871 China

WEOG Region Representative for the Global Monitoring Plan of the Stockholm Convention on POPs Adviser on POPs Ministry for the Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge 28046 Madrid Spain

WEOG Region Representative for the Global Monitoring Plan of the Stockholm Convention on POPs Air Quality Processes Research Section Environment and Climate Change Canada Toronto Ontario M3H 5T4 Canada

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