GEN Online Session: Chemicals and Waste Briefing

This Chemicals and Waste briefing, organized within the framework of the Geneva Environment Network,   provided an overview of the work and key activities to advance the sound chemicals and waste management globally. It will also present the latest information on the important conferences scheduled in 2021 and 2022, including:

• The 15th meeting of the COP to the Basel Convention, the 10th meeting of the COP to the Rotterdam Convention and the 10th Meeting of the COP to the Stockholm Convention (BRS COPs), which will be held in two segments, an online segment in July 2021, and a face-to-face segment tentatively in June 2022, in Geneva.
• The 4th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP-4), to be held in two segments, a first online segment within the period of 1 to 5 November 2021 and a second segment to be conducted in-person in the first quarter of 2022 in Bali, Indonesia.
• The 5th Session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM5), postponed until further notice due to the sanitary conditions.