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The Compliance Committee of the Stockholm Convention launches its next phase of global compliance efforts
The Committee held its long-awaited inaugural meeting, setting in motion a comprehensive agenda aimed at securing the implementation and compliance with the obligations under the Convention.
UNEA-7: Advancing sustainable solutions for a resilient planet
The seventh session of UNEA, to be held from 8-12 December 2025, provides a key platform to deepen global cooperation and advance sustainable solutions to address global environmental challenges for a safer, more resilient planet. 
Experts from around the world gather in Geneva to advance the work on waste batteries
The 3rd meeting of the small intersessional working group on waste batteries technical guidelines is being held in Geneva, Switzerland from 1 to 4 December 2025. The SIWG aims to advance the work on the development and updating of the technical guidelines on waste batteries, for consideration by the...
Regional Training Workshop on Environmental Risk Assessment for Pesticides
A five-day workshop organized by the Rotterdam Convention and Mexico’s SEMARNAT to train national authorities and Latin American officers on pesticide evaluation, regulatory updates, Pesticide risk evaluation successes, EU methods, and practical environmental risk evaluation exercises.
A conversation with the Chair of the Stockholm Convention Compliance Committee Jimena Nieto Carrasco
The Stockholm Convention Compliance Committee is convening its first meeting in Geneva from 24–26 November 2025. We spoke with Chair Jimena Nieto Carrasco about the Committee’s priorities, lessons learned from other multilateral environmental agreements, and how it plans to support Parti...
Experts on the review of Annexes to the Basel Convention resume their seventh meeting in Geneva
On 24-26 November 2025, experts on the review of Annexes resume their seventh meeting in Geneva to continue to develop draft recommendations on the review of Annexes I and III, which define the categories of wastes to be controlled and their hazardous characteristics.
Embedding the implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions in United Nations Cooperation Frameworks: status, developments and perspectives on the way forward
The objective of this webinar is to provide Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, Regional Centers and observers with information on the integration of the implementation of the BRS conventions in United Nations Cooperation Frameworks.
Expert meeting on Best Available Techniques and Best Environmental Practices under the Stockholm Convention
The meeting will focus on organizing and guiding intersessional work arising from COP-12 decisions related to the update of BAT/BEP guidelines and guidance, and on agreeing the next steps to develop these documents for submission to COP-13.
Electronic reporting system for Basel Convention national reporting now open
Parties to the Basel Convention can now submit their 2024 national reports through the electronic reporting system. Ensure timely compliance and contribute to global efforts in managing hazardous waste responsibly.
Join us at the Minamata Convention COP-6 Knowledge Lab on Mercury Wastes Management in countries: Latest advances and experience in protecting human health and the environment
The event will provide updates on the work on ESM of mercury wastes under the Basel Convention and present training tools on the coordinated implementation of the Basel and the Minamata conventions regarding mercury waste thresholds under the Minamata Convention.
Join us at the Minamata Convention COP-6 Knowledge Lab on Informing Integrated Chemicals Management: Data Needs and Experience from Mercury
Explore the power of data to support integrated chemicals management, learn from mercury success stories, and in science-policy collaborations including with the Stockholm Convention’s Global Monitoring Plan.
Join us at the Minamata Convention COP 6
The Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions joins global efforts to tackle mercury pollution at the Minamata Convention COP-6
Six years at the helm: Peter Dawson’s POPRC journey
After six years as chair of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC), Peter Dawson looks back on his journey filled of global collaboration.
Listing of carbosulfan and fenthion formulations in Annex III of the Rotterdam Convention
The amendments to list carbosulfan and fenthion in Annex III enter into force on 22 October 2025. Parties are invited to provide their import responses.
From Trash to Treasure: Why E-Waste Matters More Than Ever
By 2050, there will be more than an estimated 130 million metric tons of e-waste produced per year, with many products containing Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) - rare elements essential for creating these technologies - and the focus for International E-Waste Day 2025. Today the BRS Conventions Secr...
Experts defer decision on new dioxins: Global review highlights ongoing toxic threat from e-waste and plastic burning
UN scientific committee agrees that polybrominated dioxins and furans and mixed polybrominated and polychlorinated dioxins and furans meet all criteria for persistent organic pollutants but defers its decision on moving to the next stage for global action under the Stockholm Convention.
Reflections from the outgoing Chair of the Chemical Review Committee (CRC)
At the end of her tenure as Chair of the Chemical Review Committee (CRC) of the Rotterdam Convention, Noluzuko “Zukie” Gwayi shares her reflections on the achievements, challenges, and lessons learned over the past eight years.
Press Release: Protecting People and the Planet: Advances continue under UN Committee Strengthening Global Action on Toxic Chemicals
Rome, Italy, 26 September 2025 - From household gardens to large-scale agriculture, pesticides are widely used around the world, but many carries hidden dangers. At a time when one in eleven people face hunger, the sound management of pesticides, together with sustainable agriculture and food system...
Final preparations for CRC-21
The 21st meeting of the Chemical Review Committee will open on 23 September 2025 in Rome.
COP-12 meeting report now available
Read the advance English version of the report of the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention.
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