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Decisions on the chemicals in our lives

Governments and stakeholders from around the world will from 24 April to 5 May meet in Geneva to work towards reducing our exposure to harmful chemicals and managing hazardous wastes in an environmentally sound manner.


“Chemicals are part of everything in our lives – part of culture, food, shelter, clothing, consumer goods and industry. They underpin industrial and economic development and are an important part of the solution to poverty” underlined Rolph Payet – Executive Secretary of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions.


More than 40 side events are scheduled alongside the meetings, which are formally known as the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention – which covers transboundary movements of hazardous waste; the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention covering prior consent for chemical trading; and the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention covering persistent organic pollutants.


The Stockholm Convention meeting is likely to announce that the economic conditions are shaping up to justify banning or restricting the use of more chemicals.


To view all meeting documents and the full schedule, click here. A full briefing ahead of the meetings was organised by the Geneva Environment Network on 5 April.


For more information contact charles.avis@brsmeas.org


 

 

 

 

 

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Helping mountain women reach high

An international conference will take place on 18-19 April to showcase the important of women in mountain regions and boost their political weight.


It is often women who are particularly aware of their changing environments and get involved in initiatives to confront these changes.


The conference will therefore focus on how women shape and improve ecological, economic and cultural activities in mountainous areas.

 

Representatives from mountain regions worldwide will gather to exchange best practises and network.


UN Environment is a partner in this event, which takes place in Alpbach/Tyrol under the Austrian presidency of the Alpine Convention.


Experienced in topics connecting women and environmental issues, UN Environment has published various reports focusing on gender, environment and climate change such as the Global Gender and Environment Outlook and the assessment on Women at the Frontline of climate change – Gender risks and hopes.  


For more information please contact matthias.jurek@unvienna.org 


 

 

 

 

 

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From a Protocol to action for the Caspian

Experts will meet on 16-21 April in Mahmudabad, Iran to discuss how to translate the Aktau Protocol of the Tehran Convention into change on the ground.

 

The Protocol entered into force last July and regulates how countries respond to and cooperate on oil pollution incidents.

 

National experts will also negotiate a potential new protocol on monitoring, assessment, access to and exchange of information, as well as cooperation with the private sector.

 

During a roundtable, delegates will further discuss cooperation with the private sector - in particular oil and gas companies operating in the Caspian Sea.

 

UN Environment hosts the interim Secretariat of the Tehran Convention in Geneva. The April meetings are organised in close collaboration with the government of Iran.

 

For more details please get in touch with mahir.aliyev@unep.org


 

 

 

 

 

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