Thirty experts from around the world met in Geneva on 16-18 February 2023 to discuss thresholds to define waste contaminated with mercury to be controlled under the Minamata Convention.
Read this UNEP story fucusing on the 20 million miners working in ASGM, often unregulated and unsafe operations responsible for 37% of global mercury pollution, more than any other sector.
The three governments have joined forces to fight back against damaging beauty practices, launching a joint $14-million project to eliminate the use of mercury in skin lightening products.
Le 7 février 2023, l'Érythrée a déposé avec succès son instrument de ratification, devenant ainsi la 140e partie à la Convention de Minamata sur le mercure.
Sous la présidence de Claudia Dumitru, le Bureau s’est concentré sur les grandes dates liées à l’événement, les travaux intersessions et l’état des contributions, et a élu le rapporteur de la COP-5
On February 2, on the occasion of the UN international day, the Minamata Convention highlights the importance of maintaining and restoring wetlands across the world to help end mercury pollution.
The Minamata Convention sets the deadline for this mercury phase‐out in 2025 and the Partnership Areas of work will host the joint webinar on 16 February 2023 (13:00pm to 15:30pm CET).
Remarks by Monika Stankiewicz, Executive Secretary of the Minamata Convention, at the opening plenary in the High-Level Segment of CBD COP-15.
La pollution par les produits chimiques et les déchets est un facteur clé de la perte de biodiversité, selon l'étude exploratoire de 2021 sur les liens entre la biodiversité, réalisée par les secré
On 7 December, the Minamata Convention secretariat participates in this hybrid briefing organized which reviews the outcomes of work and key activities of 2022 and presents the priorities for 2023.