The Minamata Convention Secretariat contributed online to the Capacity-building workshop: Implementation of biodiversity and chemicals and waste Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs), organized by UNEP - Law Division.
Government officials, industry managers, technical experts and UN officers met in Monterrey to kick off a project to stop mercury-based chlor-alkali production and clean up contaminated factories.
On Children's Day, we celebrate and encourage initiatives like planetGOLD Perú: Expedición Mercurio and others that strengthen youth engagement and are part of the solution to tackle toxic mercury.
Stakeholders gathered to discuss how cooperation works in a whole-of-society and whole-of-government approach in integrating global strategies on biodiversity, climate change, land degradation, and pollution.
The sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP16) took place from 21 October to 1 November 2024, in Cali, Colombia.
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is implementing since 2019 a Japan-funded project called “Project for promoting the Minamata Convention on Mercury by making the most of Japan's knowledge and experiences” to support its member states for the implementation of the Convention.
The National Institute for Minamata Disease (NIMD), in collaboration with United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), is organizing laboratory proficiency testing (PT) for assessing the analytical capacity for mercury.
Read the Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) coverage of the day at UN Biodiversity COP-16, where the Minamata Convention Executive Secretary delivered opening remarks.
On 29 October, the event, hosted by the Colombian government, proposed the scope, stakeholders and timeline for developing an international agreement on the traceability of mineral supply chains.
Read the Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) coverage of the day at UN Biodiversity COP-16, where the Minamata Convention co-organized a session on sustainable use of water-related ecosystems.
Heads of State and leaders gather at UN Biodiversity COP-16 to align agendas on the triple planetary crisis and explore joint solutions for a future where life on Earth is restored and preserved.
On 25 October, the Minamata Convention co-hosts "Forest and Water Day" at UN Biodiversity COP-16, focusing on the protection of these ecosystems to tackle biodiversity loss and mercury pollution.