WEBINAR - Best practices to reduce mercury emissions from the cement industry - 23 June 2022

The UNEP Global Mercury Partnership and its Area of work on Mercury Releases from the Cement Industry organized an online technical information-sharing session on 23 June 2022.

The event exchanged on current knowledge about best practices to control and reduce emissions of mercury from the cement sector and shared information on available guidance.

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Opening remarks and scene-setting, Teeraporn Wiriwutikorn, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Thailand and co-chair of the Global Mercury Partnership Advisory Group, Claude Lorea, Global Cement & Concrete Association (GCCA) and Zaigham Abbas, Ministry of Climate Change, Pakistan, co-leads of the Partnership Area on Mercury Releases from the Cement Industry

Best Available Techniques and Best Environmental Practices for reducing mercury emissions under the Minamata Convention, Eisaku Toda, Minamata Convention Secretariat

Global Cement and Concrete Association Sustainability Guidance for reducing and controlling emissions of mercury compounds in the cement industry, Volker Hoeing, Association of German Cement Manufacturers (VDZ)

Question and Answer Session

National perspective from Pakistan, Zaigham Abbas, Ministry of Climate Change, Pakistan, co-lead of the Partnership Area on Mercury Releases from the Cement Industry

Question and Answer Session
 
Closing remarks, Claude Lorea, Global Cement & Concrete Association (GCCA), co-lead of the Partnership Area on Mercury Releases from the Cement Industry

The webinar was moderated by Stéphanie Laruelle, coordinator of the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership