At the 2025 BRS COPs, a side event focused on mercury in products, including mercury waste, a typical area of synergies between the Minamata and Basel Conventions.
Highlights from the high-level side event “Integrating chemicals and waste management into biodiversity conservation – the power of synergies” at the 2025 BRS COPs.
Executive Secretary Monika Stankiewicz participated in the Environment Management Group (EMG) High-Level Roundtable, held during the 2025 BRS COPs under the theme “Strengthening action for change:
On 30 April, during the agenda item on International Cooperation and Coordination at the 2025 BRS COPs, the Minamata Convention Secretariat delivered a statement on behalf of the Executive Secretar
At the 2025 BRS COPs side event, global leaders highlighted the urgent need for a unified science-policy platform to tackle chemicals, waste, and pollution.
On 16 April, the Geneva Environment Network and the Chemicals & Waste Youth Platform organize this online briefing to bring more youth voices into globally-coordinated efforts to find solutions
In this issue, the newly launched "Focus Areas", Minamata Online session in Arabic on national reporting, membership now open for our Women's Caucus, and two draft documents available for comments.
The Minamata Convention on Mercury launches a new “Focus Areas” section on its website, offering Parties, stakeholders, and the public a more intuitive and data-oriented way to engage with the Conv
The Women’s Caucus is a space for advancing the equality and empowerment of women within the implementation of the Minamata Convention on Mercury.
Parties, Indigenous Peoples and local community organizations, and relevant stakeholders are invited to submit inputs to the draft supplemental guidance by the end of April.