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
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Events
SEE MOREUNEA-6
26 February - 1 March 2024
Nairobi, Kenya
Minamata Convention COP-5
28 October - 4 November 2023
Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer 2022
16 September 2022
worldwide
Fourth Meeting of the SAICM Intersessional Process
29 August - 2 September 2022
Bucharest, Bucuresti, Romania
High-Level Thematic Debate: Moment for Nature
19 July 2022
New York City, US
44th Meeting of the Montreal Protocol OEWG
11-16 July 2022
Bangkok (Krung Thep), Thailand