Pre-COP4 online side event on the Specific International Programme
Read the IISD-ENB coverage on the online side event "Achievements and impacts of five projects from around the world" and watch the full video recording.
Read the IISD-ENB coverage on the online side event "Achievements and impacts of five projects from around the world" and watch the full video recording.
As part of the on-going preparations for COP-4.2, the Minamata Convention Secretariat has organized 26 online side events from Monday 7 to Friday 11 March 2022. Save the date and register now.
Watch the video recording of the event organized by UNEP and GEF on Wednesday 2 March (18h30-19h30 EAT) titled "Time for Action: Integrated Efforts for a Healthy Planet and People".
On 4 March (13h15-14h45 UTC +3) this event celebrated 35 years of implementation and compliance mechanisms established under eight multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) administered by UNEP.
On March 2 (10h00-11h00 CET), the Minamata Convention and the Permanent Mission of Indonesia organized a briefing on the logistical and substantive preparations, and expected outcomes, of COP-4.2.
On 15 February, the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership and its Waste Management Area will focus on mercury wastes management for the implementation of Article 11. Register now.
Learn about logistical and other general information about the meeting’s arrangements: health and safety protocols, meeting venue, accreditation, visa requirements, accommodation and transportation.
The UNEP Global Mercury Partnership and planetGOLD organize on Tuesday 25 January (14h00-15h00 CET) an information-sharing session on best management practices in the use of cyanide.
Read the story by planetGOLD, in collaboration with the Minamata Convention and UNEP Chemicals and Health Branch, to learn more about best practices to support sound management of tailings in ASGM.
On 14 January, this High-Level Panel, which included Executive Secretary Monika Stankiewicz, addressed the GEF-8 negotiations and the needs and solutions of the chemicals and waste conventions.
Explore the brand new ratification map, an interactive overview of the Parties that have joined the Minamata Convention in the worldwide fight against toxic mercury.
Speech delivered by the Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme Inger Andersen at the opening ceremony of the online segment of the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP-4).