Events

Kick-off webinar: Wednesday 29 April 2020

The Partnership Advisory Group decided at its tenth meeting (Geneva, November 2019) to initiate work on the issue of mercury from non-ferrous mining and smelting, identified as a cross-cutting topic amongst different Partnership areas.

Kick-off webinar: Thursday 23 April 2020

The Partnership Advisory Group decided at its tenth meeting (Geneva, November 2019) to initiate work on the issue of mercury from oil and gas production, identified as a cross-cutting topic amongst different Partnership areas.

The Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) Partnership area held a virtual meeting on 4 February 2020.

Development of National Action Plans (NAPs) for artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is an obligation under Article 7 of the Minamata Convention for each Party that determines that mercury use in ASGM in its territory is “more than insignificant”. Recognizing that the sector is closely linked to complex economic, social and environmental issues, the Convention allows flexible, country-specific solutions through the development of NAP to reduce and where feasible eliminate mercury use in the ASGM sector.

At the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention, the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership Area on Mercury releases from coal combustion organized a side event entitled: “Quick guides to mercury from coal with focus on the challenge for Asia” (26 November 2019, Geneva).

The tenth meeting of the Global Mercury Partnership Advisory Group took place on Saturday, 23 November 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland, back to back with the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention and its preceding preparatory meetings, held from 24 to 29 November 2019.

Meeting Documents

The annual meeting of the UN Environment Global Mercury Partnership – Mercury Control from Coal Combustion, was held on 30 October 2019 in Hanoi, Vietnam, back to back with the 14th Multi-pollutant Emissions from Coal (MEC 14) workshop https://www.mec-workshops.org/

The Mercury Waste Management Area of the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership held a members meeting on 6 October 2019 in Bilbao, Spain, back to back with the 2019 ISWA Congress. 

The 14th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant (ICMGP 2019) was held in Krakow, Poland from 8 to 13 September 2019 under the theme: "Bridging knowledge on global mercury with environmental responsibility, human welfare and policy response".

The Global Opportunities for Long-term Development in Artisanal and Small Scale Mining Programme (GEF GOLD) held its implementation launch on 18-19 February 2019 at the Goldsmiths' Centre in London.