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The 2025 BRS COPs Have Officially Begun!

The 2025 BRS COPs Have Officially Begun!

The Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions are now underway from 28 April to 9 May. Join the global effort to make the invisible visible. Explore our daily video highlights and photo gallery in the BRS COPs 2025 Newsroom.

The 2025 BRS COPs Have Officially Begun!

The 2025 BRS COPs Have Officially Begun!
 
Watch the Opening Plenary of the High-Level Segment - 30 April at 15:00 - 16:00 CET

Watch the Opening Plenary of the High-Level Segment - 30 April at 15:00 - 16:00 CET

Be part of the global conversation on pollution, circularity, and implementation.

Watch the Opening Ceremony discussions on YouTube in 6 languages :


Watch the Opening Plenary of the High-Level Segment - 30 April at 15:00 - 16:00 CET

Watch the Opening Plenary of the High-Level Segment - 30 April at 15:00 - 16:00 CET

Be part of the global conversation on pollution, circularity, and implementation.

Watch the Opening Ceremony discussions on YouTube in 6 languages :
Watch the Ministerial Interactive Plenary of the High-Level Segment - 1 May at 10:00 - 13:00 CET

Watch the Ministerial Interactive Plenary of the High-Level Segment - 1 May at 10:00 - 13:00 CET

We invite you to be a part of the second day of the ministerial interactive discussions where outcomes on the sub-themes pollution, circularity, and implementation will be presented and discussed.

Watch the Ministerial Plenaries on YouTube :


Watch the Ministerial Interactive Plenary of the High-Level Segment - 1 May at 10:00 - 13:00 CET

Watch the Ministerial Interactive Plenary of the High-Level Segment - 1 May at 10:00 - 13:00 CET

We invite you to be a part of the second day of the ministerial interactive discussions where outcomes on the sub-themes pollution, circularity, and implementation will be presented and discussed.

Watch the Ministerial Plenaries on YouTube :
Briefings for journalist and communicators on the 2025 meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions

Briefings for journalist and communicators on the 2025 meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions

The online briefing will equip journalists, media professionals, and communication stakeholders with key insights into the upcoming Conference of the Parties to the Conventions including key topics of interest, events and logistics.

Briefings for journalist and communicators on the 2025 meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions

Briefings for journalist and communicators on the 2025 meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions
 
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2025 BRS COPs in the News

Neureuther becomes UN ambassador for clean glaciers and mountains - ARD 1 – 6 May 2025
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Felix Neureuther becomes UN Ambassador for Glaciers and Mountains - BR24 Sport – 7 May 2025
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Felix Neureuther becomes UN Ambassador for Alpine Ecosystems - PNP – 9 May 2025
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ENB coverage

Visit the ENB website to follow the daily coverage of the 2025 Meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions.

Photo gallery

 27 April 2025 - Day 0      
Arrival Lakeside Exhibition
      
BRS_27.04.25-8 BRS_01.04.25-02      
         
28 April 2025 - Day 1      
Opening Ceremony Afternoon Plenary Side Event Side Event  
Opening Plenary Afternoon Plenary Side Event: The Need to Address the Global Challenges of Short-Chain PFASs Side Event: Sustainable Finance for Sustainable Chemicals and Waste Management  

       
Around the Venue Side Event Side Event Swiss Reception
  
Around the Venue Side Event: Bridging gaps in e-waste and batteries Side Event: BRS and advancing a rights-based approach and environmental justice Swiss Reception  
         
29 April 2025 - Day 2
   
Morning Plenary Side Event Side Events Side Event  
Morning Plenary Side Event: High-level Envent - Addressing Emerging Pollutants for a Beautiful and Healthy World Side Event: Advancing Financing under the Stockholm Convention Side Event: From Evidence to Policy Action - Science-Policy Panel  

       
Around the Venue
 Opening of the Fair
 Side Event  Side Event  
Around the Venue Opening of the Make Visible the Invisible Fair Side Event: Gender, toxics exposure and the right to a clean, safe, healthy, and sustainable environment Side Event: Visible Solutions for Legacy Problems - POPs and PCBs  
         
30 April 2025 - Day 3
      
Bureau and BRS Staff Meeting Ministerial Consultation  
 
   
 High-Level Dignitaries  
 
   
Bilateral Meetings with the Executive Secretary Morning Plenary Around the Venue  
Morning Plenary BRS_30.04.25-59  
         
Side Event Side Event Opening of the High-level Segment  
BRS_30.04.25-40 BRS_30.04.25-48  
       
 Ministerial Round Tables High-Level Dinner hosted by Switzerland
  
 
         
 High-Level Roundtable Discussion  
 
         
 1 May 2025 - Day 4      
 Ministerial Breakfast  Ministerial Lunch Around the Venue  
Ministerial Breakfast on the Plastics INC Ministerial Working Lunch hosted by Germany  
         
High-Level Plenary Side Event Side Event  
BRS_1.05.25-06 BRS_1.05.25-29  
Side Event Side Event Side Event Side Event  
Launch of the GEF's Global EliminationProgram for PCBs BRS_1.05.25-40 BRS_1.05.25-69 BRS_1.05.25-84  
         
Field Trip to Exhibition at Lake Geneva Side Event    
Spotlighting approaches for a more productive Stockholm Convention    
         
  2 May 2025 - Day 5      
Around the Venue Contact Groups Next Exit Chemical Safety Board Game  
Around the Venue Contact Groups  
         
Plenary  Side Event  Side Event  
BRS_2.05.25-08 BRS_2.05.25-071  
         
High-Level Event Around the Venue  HL Bilateral Meetings  
Integrating chemicals and waste management into biodiversity conservation High-level Bilateral Meetings  
         
GEF-MEA Exchange  
 
         
Side Event
Side Event Side Event
 
Accelerating the transition from HHPs to biopesticides and agroecologicl alternatives BRS_2.05.25-171 BRS_2.05.25-126    
         
 4 May 2025 - Day 6      
 Morning Plenary Side Event Side Event Around the Venue  
Plenary Session Side Event: Innovative Zero Waste Solutions Side Event: Advancing Global Action for Sustainable Textiles Around the Venue  
         
Side Event Side Event Side Event    
BRS_4.05.25-27 PFacilitating Global Circularity of PLastic Feedstock Preventing Plastic and E-Waste Trafficking    
         
 5 May 2025 - Day 7      
Around the Venue Side Event Side Event Plenary  
BRS_5.05.25-88 BRS_5.05.25-78 BRS_5.05.25-72 Plenary Session  
         
Side Event Side Event Side Event    
Accelerating Electronics Circularity and the Basel Convention Occupational victims of chemicals recommended by the CRC for listing onto the Rotterdam Convention Synergies and Trade-Offs between Energy Transition and Chemicals Management    
         
 6 May 2025 - Day 8      
Plenary Advocate for Clean Mountains and Glaciers Side Event  
Plenary Session Side Event: Agility and evolution of MEA Compliance Committees  
         
Around the Venue Side Event Side Event Side Event  
BRS_6.05.25-30 Side Event: Potential of the Bamako Convention in Furthering Implementation of the Basel Convention Side Event: Main barriers to a successful implementation of the Stockholm Convention - Automotive Industry Perspective Side Event: Knowledge for Action - Sustainable tools and approaches for tackling chemicals and hazardous waste  
       
 7 May 2025 - Day 9    
Plenary Side Event Side Event Side Event  
Plenary Session Side Event: Making more visible biodiversity friendly pest control practices as an alternative to Highly Hazardous Pesticides Side Event: Waste Management in the Spotlight - A Call for Sound Management and Global Action Side Event: New strategies for dealing with microplastics as a potential threat to humans and the natural environment  
         
Side Event Side Event Around the Venue BRS Secretariat  
Side Event: Chemical transparency information and its traceability in products and articles, with a focus on POPs and chemicals in plastics Side Event: Mercury in products - integrated approaches and innovative tools for sustainable waste management Around the Venue BRS Secretariat  
         
 8 May 2025 - Day 10      
BRS Secretariat  
 
         
Plenary Sessions Side Event EU Coordination Meeting  
Plenary Session Side Event: Leveraging MEAs and Digital Tools for SDG Progress on Chemicals and Waste  
         
Side Event Around the Venue Side Event  
BRS_8.05.25-19 Side Event: Waste and Chemical Management - Mitigating Environmental Consequences in Emergency Situations and Armed Conflicts  
       
Side Event  Side Event Corridor Celebration  
Side Event: Waste Incineration and Triple Planetary Crisis Side Event: Chrysotile - A responsible approach to sound chemical management  
       
  9 May 2025 - Day 11    
     
Bureau and BRS Secretariat Press Conference  
 
     
Side Event Side Event Plenary Around the Venue  
Side Event: Global Standards for the design of road vehicles and their components Side Event: One Health Approach to Addressing Pharmaceuticals in the Environment across Key Sectors Plenary Session Around the Venue