(This event is for National Focal Points to the biodiversity and chemicals and waste Conventions and other government officials)
The Secretariats of the Minamata Convention and BRS Conventions are convening an online information session on the contribution of the chemicals and waste conventions to the Kunming Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). The information session will discuss matters related to the impacts of chemicals and waste pollution on biodiversity in the context of the upcoming meetings under the Convention on Biological Diversity, namely, the fifth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI-5; 16 – 18 October 2024) and the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-16; 21 October – 1 November 2024) to be held in Cali, Colombia. The session is a follow-up to a previous information session held in April 2024.