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GEF-8 Replenishment meeting achieves historic level of $5.25 billion
At the fourth meeting of the GEF-8 Replenishment on 7-8 April 2022, twenty-nine countries agreed to pledge the record sup
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Day 5 of Minamata COP-4 (Friday 25 March)
Watch the video playlist for more COP-4 highlights, including the Opening Ceremony and daily w
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Minamata COP-4 closes with global commitment to evaluate, expand and strengthen the efforts against toxic mercury
The five-day meeting in Bali agreed on making the evaluation of effectiveness an integral part of the Minamata Convention, extended the phase-out list of mercury-added products, and highlighted the
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Minamata Convention COP-4 resumes as a call for “strength of multilateralism and dialogue” to make mercury history
Under healthy safe measures, the second segment of the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP-4) takes place in p
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IISD coverage on COP-4.2
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB), covers the online segment of COP-4.2 from 21 to 25 March.
About the Minamata Convention
The Minamata Convention on Mercury is the most recent global agreement on environment and health, adopted in 2013. It is named after the bay in Japan where, in the mid-20th century, mercury-tainted industrial wastewater poisoned thousands of people, leading to severe health damage that became known as the "Minamata disease."
Since it entered into force on 16 August 2017, Parties have been working together to control the mercury supply and trade, reduce the use, emission and release of mercury, raise public awareness, and build the necessary institutional capacity to #MakeMercuryHistory