High Level Panel Discussion at ECC-8 in Lisbon A key resolution from the 5 th UN Environment Assembly in March 2022 supports the establishment of a comprehensive and ambitious science policy panel (SPP) on the sound management of chemicals and waste and preventing pollution. 1) The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) accompanied and triggered this process over the last few years, supported by several chemical societies, with round table discussions, especially with a related policy paper and RSC declaration to the UN. 2) Abb.1: Panel discussion with Carla Seidel, Angela Wilson, Javier Garcia-Martinez, Camilla Alexander-White, Floris Rutjes, Nine...