Events

The UNEP Global Mercury Partnership and its area of work on Mercury in Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining, together with the planetGOLD Programme, jointly organized an online information-sharing session dedicated to best management practices in the use of cyanide on Tuesday 25 January 2022.  

The Mercury releases from the Cement Industry Area of the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership held its annual meeting on Wednesday 8 December 2021 in an online setting.

The UNEP Global Mercury Partnership and its areas of work on Mercury in Products and on Mercury Waste Management jointly organized on Tuesday 7 December 2021 an online information-sharing session dedicated to the phase out of  mercury-containing lamps.

The Global Mercury Partnership Area on Mercury Releases from Coal Combustion, the Secretariat of the Minamata Convention and the International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant co-organized a webinar on “Mercury emissions from coal” as part of Minamata Online Sessions Season 2, on Wednesday 17 November 2021.

The Partnership Area on Mercury Air Transport and Fate Research together with the Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI) organized on 4 November 2021 a side event on the Guidance on monitoring of mercury and mercury compounds to support the effectiveness evaluation of the Minamata Convention, in the margins of the first segment of the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention (1 to 5 November 2021).

Under the first segment of the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention (COP4 - 1 to 5 November 2021), the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership Area on Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) and the Minamata Convention Secretariat co-hosted on 3 November 2021 a side event on the sound management of mercury-containing tailings in artisanal and small-scale gold mining.

The Mercury releases from Coal Combustion Area of the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership held its annual meeting on Tuesday 28 September 2021, in an online setting.

The Mercury waste management Area of the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership met on Thursday 8 July 2021.

Amongst others, the meeting discussed the Partnership Area Activity Plan for the period 2021 – 2023 and the way forward to conduct planned activities. It was also an opportunity to exchange on the development of fact sheets for the environmentally sound management of mercury waste, as well as the development of a list of treatment facilities.

The Mercury in products Area of the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership held its annual meeting on Wednesday 7 July. Participants discussed the following points:

The UNEP Global Mercury Partnership and its Area of work on Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining organized on Thursday 17 June 2021,  an online webinar to discuss gender mainstreaming into National Action Plans (NAPs).