Virtual Event
BRS COPs 2023 Side Event | Advancing a human rights-based approach to pollution for people and the planet
10 May 2023
Geneva , Switzerland
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Wednesday, May 10, 2023 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM
(UTC+03:00) Nairobi
This side event to the 2023 Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Convention Conference of the Parties, will explore recent developments of the interconnectedness between human rights, a just transition and the environment, and identify key entry points to strengthen a human rights-based approach to the implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, as well as the Minamata Convention on Mercury, including ways in which human rights could be applied to accelerate the sound management of chemicals and waste.
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The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is a multilateral fund dedicated to confronting biodiversity loss, climate change, pollution, and strains on land and ocean health. Over the past three decades, the GEF has provided more than $22 billion in financing and mobilized another $120 billion for more than 5,000 national and regional projects.