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Tuesday 9 May 1 - 2 PM (CEST)

SIDE EVENT  CICG & ONLINE 

GENEVA

Co-organized by the Secretariat of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, Burkina Faso, Switzerland, Secretariat of the BRS Conventions and UNEP Global Mercury Partnership, this event will address the challenges faced by developing countries in managing and disposing of mercury waste in an environmentally sound manner. The speakers will present the recent development on mercury waste including the mercury waste thresholds under the Minamata Convention and the update to the technical guidelines for the environmentally sound management under the Minamata Convention, and discuss ways to overcome the capacity gap that developing countries face.

The event will be held at the venue of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, and also broadcasted on WebEx. CLICK HERE TO JOIN

The event will be convened in English only.

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is a multilateral fund dedicated to confronting biodiversity loss, climate change, pollution, and strains on land and ocean health. Over the past three decades, the GEF has provided more than $22 billion in financing and mobilized another $120 billion for more than 5,000 national and regional projects.

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