Heavy Metals
activities to address metals of high density, including cadmium, mercury, lead, and arsenic, all of which appear in the World Health Organisation’s list of 10 chemicals of major public concern; the Minamata Convention is a global legally binding instrument on mercury.
news
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GEF Council Approves USD 64.7 Million for First GE...
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policy briefs
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Shipping Partnership Advances Waste Management in Pacific Islands
Events
SEE MORE16th meeting of the International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant (ICMGP)
21-26 July 2024
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Minamata Convention COP-5
30 October - 3 November 2023
Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
Fifth Meeting of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM5)
23-29 September 2023
Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
G7 Workshop on Lead as a Major Threat for Human Health and the Environment
9-10 November 2022
Berlin, Germany
18th Annual General Meeting of the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development
7-10 November 2022
Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
OECD Global Forum on Environment
7-8 November 2022
Paris, Ile-De-France, France