Side event: Linkages on Chemicals and Waste Pollution and Biodiversity Loss and possible actions
This side event will focus on presenting the recent developments and outcomes under the chemicals and waste international agenda and explore ways on which this can be considered for supporting the implementation of the GBF. Moreover, it will provide the opportunity to share experiences from countries and organizations on how to strengthen collaboration and coordination between the biodiversity and chemicals and waste and pollution prevention clusters, based on the collaborative efforts of UNEP and the relevant MEAs.
Date and Time: Thursday 16 May 2024, 13:15-14:45
Location: CR-9 - Africa, 2nd floor, UNEP, Nairobi, Kenya
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Contact person: Mr. Agustín Harte (agustin.harte@un.org), Programme Management Officer, BRS Secretariat
Webinars on the contribution of the chemicals and waste Conventions to Target 7 of the Kunming‑Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
The Secretariats of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions and the Minamata Convention on mercury are convening an online information session on the contribution of the chemicals and waste Conventions to Target 7 of the Kunming‑Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). The information session will facilitate exchange among National Focal Points to the biodiversity and chemicals and waste Conventions on how Parties are incorporating control measures for highly hazardous chemicals in their revised National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans, as well as on the need for additional indicators related to highly hazardous chemicals in the monitoring framework for the GBF, under Target 7.
Time and place: Virtual, 18 April 2024, 13.00h CET to 15.00h CET.
Register here.