We facilitate intergovernmental processes around minerals and metals and promote environmental sustainability and circularity in extractives governance.
The environmental dimension of mining has recently come under the gavel at UNEA, with a view to fostering consensus on the management of metals and minerals, responsible mining, and circularity.
Since 2019, UNEA has adopted three resolutions on minerals and metals. The most recent resolution UNEP/EA.6/L.8,encourages Member States and stakeholders to align the extraction and management of minerals and metals with the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and promote sustainable consumption and production. It also requests UNEP to support the development of capacity building opportunities on enhancing environmental sustainability of mining. Previous resolutions include UNEA resolution 4/19 on mineral resource governance which was adopted in 2019 and UNEA 5/12 on environmental aspects of minerals and metals management which was approved at the fifth session of the UN Environment Assembly in 2022.
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- Outcomes adopted at the sixth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) | UNEP - UN Environment Programme
- National Action Plans | Global Mercury Partnership (unep.org)
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