Events

The Mercury Waste Management Area of the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership will hold its first meeting of the year on 21 March 2025, from 12:00-14:00 CET, in an online setting.

The meeting will be the occasion to share updates on the working groups, as well as key highlights on the implementation of ongoing projects.

Provisional Agenda

In light of recent decisions of the fourth and fifth Conferences of the Parties to the Minamata Convention (COP-4 and COP-5), efforts towards the compliance with the Convention requirements should, among others, consider health and environmental matters jointly, ensuring as well as Parties and relevant stakeholders’ engagement on key information sharing and targeted actions.

The Mercury Waste Management Area (WMA) of the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership met online on 14 November 2024.

The meeting shared updates on the working groups, as well as key highlights on the implementation of ongoing projects.

Agenda

The Sixteenth International Conference On Mercury as a Global Pollutant (ICMGP-16 took place from 21 to 26 July 2024 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town, in South Africa. The meeting was a great opportunity to learn more on existing research and interact with a wide range of scientists and stakeholders on mercury science.

From 6 to 10 June 2024, the Partnership areas on mercury releases from coal combustion,  mercury releases from the cement industry and mercury waste management jointly held a series of workshop to enhance inventories and strategies under Article 8 of the Minamata Convention on Mercury in Paki

The Mercury Waste Management Area of the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership met on Tuesday 11 March 2024 in an online setting. The session provided opportunity to exchange on ongoing and future work of the Partnership thematic area.

Agenda

Interested in knowing more about the Minamata Convention and biodiversity, mercury pollution and its impacts on wildlife, or existing approaches to sustainable conservation of biodiversity and ecosystems? Join our virtual event on Thursday 12 October.

The Mercury Waste Management Area of the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership held its meeting on Tuesday 10 October 2023 in an online setting. The session was the occasion to exchanges on ongoing work of the area working groups.

Agenda

Join the Movement for Environmental Justice!

In a world grappling with environmental crises, marginalized groups like Indigenous Peoples are the unsung heroes of sustainable development. Their wisdom, traditions and values hold the key to our planet's future. But lurking at the heart of their struggle is the menacing specter of MERCURY.

Co-organized by the Secretariat of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, Burkina Faso, Switzerland, the Secretariat of BRS Conventions and UNEP Global Mercury Partnership, this event addressed the challenges faced by developing countries in managing and disposing of mercury waste in an environmentally sound manner.