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COVID-19 Pandemic Disrupts UN Meeting Plans Around the World
19 March 2020 | Faye Leone, SDG Knowledge Hub

COVID-19 Pandemic Disrupts UN Meeting Plans Around...
19 March 2020 | Faye Leone, SDG Knowledge Hub

Quick Start Programme Shares Stories on Sound Chemicals Management
28 January 2020 | Leila Mead, SDG Knowledge Hub

Quick Start Programme Shares Stories on Sound Chem...
28 January 2020 | Leila Mead, SDG Knowledge Hub

Call for Proposals Open for Chemicals and Waste Management Projects
28 January 2020 | Leila Mead, SDG Knowledge Hub

Call for Proposals Open for Chemicals and Waste Ma...
28 January 2020 | Leila Mead, SDG Knowledge Hub

guest articles

Can Environmental Negotiations Regain Momentum in 2020?
25 February 2020 | Pamela S. Chasek, ENB and Jennifer Allan, ENB

Towards a Healthier Future: The Contributions of the EU to the Activities of the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
25 June 2019 | Carlos Martin-Novella, Deputy Executive Secretary, BRS Conventions Secretariat

Responsible Co...

An End to Electronic Waste – Building the E-waste Coalition
17 April 2018 | Cosmas Zavazava, ITU

guest articles

Scaling the e-Waste Mountain: Opportunities in the Post-2015 Development Agenda
29 September 2014 | Ruediger Kuehr, UNU-IAS/SCYCLE

policy briefs

policy briefs

Monthly Forecast May 2019: Chemicals, Science and Sustainable Development
2 May 2019 | Content Editors, SDG Knowledge Hub

Monthly Forecast April 2019: Synergies Between Global Agendas, Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
4 April 2019 | Content Editors, SDG Knowledge Hub

policy briefs

Elemental Understanding for Ratification – InforMEA’s E-Course on the Minamata Convention
3 September 2015 | Jennifer Allan, ENB

policy briefs

The Role of Information in Managing the Transboundary Movement of Wastes
28 May 2015 | Jennifer Allan, ENB

Events

Basel Convention COP15, Rotterdam Convention COP10 and Stockholm Convention COP10

17-28 May 2021

Nairobi, Kenya

Basel Convention COP14, Rotterdam Convention COP9 and Stockholm Convention COP9

29 April - 9 May 2019

Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland

EMG Nexus Dialogue Series 2019: Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste

5 February 2019

Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland

Eleventh Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Basel Convention (OEWG 11)

3-6 September 2018

Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland

8th Green Standards Week

9-12 April 2018

Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Expert Working Group for the Further Development of the E-Waste Technical Guidelines

24-25 January 2018

Beijing, China

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Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal

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COVID-19 Pandemic Disrupts UN Meeting Plans Around the World 19 March 2020 | Faye Leone, SDG Knowledge Hub

COVID-19 Pandemic Disrupts UN Meeting Plans Around... 19 March 2020 | Faye Leone, SDG Knowledge Hub

Quick Start Programme Shares Stories on Sound Chemicals Management 28 January 2020 | Leila Mead, SDG Knowledge Hub

Quick Start Programme Shares Stories on Sound Chem... 28 January 2020 | Leila Mead, SDG Knowledge Hub

Call for Proposals Open for Chemicals and Waste Management Projects 28 January 2020 | Leila Mead, SDG Knowledge Hub

Call for Proposals Open for Chemicals and Waste Ma... 28 January 2020 | Leila Mead, SDG Knowledge Hub

guest articles

Can Environmental Negotiations Regain Momentum in 2020? 25 February 2020 | Pamela S. Chasek, ENB and Jennifer Allan, ENB

Towards a Healthier Future: The Contributions of the EU to the Activities of the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions 25 June 2019 | Carlos Martin-Novella, Deputy Executive Secretary, BRS Conventions Secretariat

An End to Electronic Waste – Building the E-waste Coalition 17 April 2018 | Cosmas Zavazava, ITU

Scaling the e-Waste Mountain: Opportunities in the Post-2015 Development Agenda 29 September 2014 | Ruediger Kuehr, UNU-IAS/SCYCLE

policy briefs

Monthly Forecast May 2019: Chemicals, Science and Sustainable Development 2 May 2019 | Content Editors, SDG Knowledge Hub

Monthly Forecast April 2019: Synergies Between Global Agendas, Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity 4 April 2019 | Content Editors, SDG Knowledge Hub

Elemental Understanding for Ratification – InforMEA’s E-Course on the Minamata Convention 3 September 2015 | Jennifer Allan, ENB

The Role of Information in Managing the Transboundary Movement of Wastes 28 May 2015 | Jennifer Allan, ENB

Events

Basel Convention COP15, Rotterdam Convention COP10 and Stockholm Convention COP10

Basel Convention COP14, Rotterdam Convention COP9 and Stockholm Convention COP9

EMG Nexus Dialogue Series 2019: Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste

Eleventh Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Basel Convention (OEWG 11)

8th Green Standards Week

Expert Working Group for the Further Development of the E-Waste Technical Guidelines

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COVID-19 Pandemic Disrupts UN Meeting Plans Around the World
19 March 2020 | Faye Leone, SDG Knowledge Hub

COVID-19 Pandemic Disrupts UN Meeting Plans Around...
19 March 2020 | Faye Leone, SDG Knowledge Hub

Quick Start Programme Shares Stories on Sound Chemicals Management
28 January 2020 | Leila Mead, SDG Knowledge Hub

Quick Start Programme Shares Stories on Sound Chem...
28 January 2020 | Leila Mead, SDG Knowledge Hub

Call for Proposals Open for Chemicals and Waste Management Projects
28 January 2020 | Leila Mead, SDG Knowledge Hub

Call for Proposals Open for Chemicals and Waste Ma...
28 January 2020 | Leila Mead, SDG Knowledge Hub

Can Environmental Negotiations Regain Momentum in 2020?
25 February 2020 | Pamela S. Chasek, ENB and Jennifer Allan, ENB

Towards a Healthier Future: The Contributions of the EU to the Activities of the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
25 June 2019 | Carlos Martin-Novella, Deputy Executive Secretary, BRS Conventions Secretariat

An End to Electronic Waste – Building the E-waste Coalition
17 April 2018 | Cosmas Zavazava, ITU

Scaling the e-Waste Mountain: Opportunities in the Post-2015 Development Agenda
29 September 2014 | Ruediger Kuehr, UNU-IAS/SCYCLE

Monthly Forecast May 2019: Chemicals, Science and Sustainable Development
2 May 2019 | Content Editors, SDG Knowledge Hub

Monthly Forecast April 2019: Synergies Between Global Agendas, Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
4 April 2019 | Content Editors, SDG Knowledge Hub

Elemental Understanding for Ratification – InforMEA’s E-Course on the Minamata Convention
3 September 2015 | Jennifer Allan, ENB

The Role of Information in Managing the Transboundary Movement of Wastes
28 May 2015 | Jennifer Allan, ENB