Chemicals & Wastes
activities of the main multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) to address chemicals and wastes issues, including the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions; activities related to ship recycling and the Hong Kong Convention, as well as efforts to reduce marine debris. Targets under SDG Goal 12 call for, by 2020, achieving the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle, and by 2030, substantially reducing waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse.
news
SEE MORENegotiations on a Global Plastics Treaty Get Underway
Negotiations on a Global Plastics Treaty Get Under...
GEF Council Approves USD 64.7 Million for First GEF-8 Work Program
GEF Council Approves USD 64.7 Million for First GE...
guest articles
SEE MOREMicroplastics, Fresh Water Emissions Critical for Plastics INC to Consider
How Civil Society Can Accelerate Positive SDG Impacts in Mining Communities
The Case for a Simple Climate Solution: Zero Waste
Three Ways Sustainability Policy isn’t Serving the SDGs – and How It Could
policy briefs
SEE MORESDG Knowledge Hub’s Top 10 Most Read Stories of 2022
2023: Five Areas to Target Through Resolve, Determination, and Hope
Towards a Lifecycle, Circular Approach to Combating Plastics Pollution
Structure of New Plastics Treaty: Specific or Framework?
Events
SEE MOREDiplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on Plastic Pollution Treaty
2-6 June 2025
Ecuador[tentative]
Plastic Pollution INC-5
29 October - 1 November 2024
Republic of Korea
16th meeting of the International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant (ICMGP)
21-26 July 2024
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Plastic Pollution INC-4
1-5 April 2024
Canada
UNEA-6
26 February - 1 March 2024
Nairobi, Kenya
Plastic Pollution INC-3
11-15 December 2023
Nairobi, Kenya