Events

The Partnership Advisory Group will hold its fifteenth meeting on 10 December 2024 in an online setting. 

Seizing the opportunity of the forthcoming twentieth anniversary of the Global Mercury Partnership, the meeting will be the occasion to discuss possible options for strengthening the Partnership contribution to the implementation of the Minamata Convention and other existing global action on mercury, share updates on recent and ongoing activities and exchange on priority topics for future work.

Further information will be made available on this page in due course.

When: Monday 9 December, 1pm to 3pm CET

Where: Online Teams - Registration link

Side Event: Phasing down the use of dental amalgam: Insights from Asia, Africa and South America  - A side event during the WHO Global oral health meeting

When: Thursday 28 November, 17:00 to 18:00

Where: Bangkok, Thailand

BACKGROUND:

The Mercury Waste Management Area (WMA) of the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership will meet in on Thursday 14 November 2024, in an online setting, from 12:00 to 13:30 CET.

Participants are invited to register to the webex event

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

Where: Blue Zone Colombia Pavilion

When: Friday 25 October 15:00-16:00

(This event is for National Focal Points to the biodiversity and chemicals and waste Conventions and other government officials)

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.

The Partnership Area on Mercury Releases from Coal Combustion of the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership held its annual meeting on Thursday 13 June 2024.

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 second meeting of the Eliminating Mercury Skin Lightening Products project stakeholders group took place online on Tuesday 21 May 2024.

The event provided an opportunity to share updates and lessons learned from the GEF project on “Eliminating Mercury Skin Lightening Products” and hear from stakeholders regarding their experiences.