Events

As part of the Sixth Conference of the Parties (COP6) of the Minamata Convention, the Global Mercury Partnership together with the World Health Organization, the Biodiversity Research Institute and Zero Mercury Group, are organised an event on Wednesday 5 November at the Centre International de Conferences, Geneva, Switzerland.

In the margins of Minamata COP-6 a powerful photographic exhibition is on display on the lakeshore of Geneva, from 27 October to 16 November 2025.

Ahead of the Sixth Conference of the Parties (COP6) of the Minamata Convention, an online side-event is scheduled on Friday 17 October 2025 11:00 to 12:00 CEST.

Ahead of the Sixth Conference of the Parties (COP6) of the Minamata Convention, the Global Mercury Partnership together with the GEF and UNIDO are organising an online side-event scheduled on Thursday 16 October 2025 14:45 to 15:45 CEST.

Ahead of the Sixth Conference of the Parties (COP6) of the Minamata Convention, the Global Mercury Partnership, its areas of work on mercury in products and waste management together with the World Health Organization are organising an online side-event scheduled on Tuesday 14 October 2025 11:00 to 12:00 CEST.

Ahead of the Sixth Conference of the Parties (COP6) of the Minamata Convention, the Waste Management area of the Global Mercury Partnership is organising the online side event on Monday 13 October 2025, 16:30 to 17:30 CEST.

The webinar Regional Experience in Implementing the Minamata Convention: Progress Towards Reducing or Eliminating Dental Amalgam and Responsibly Managing Its Waste took place online with simultaneous interpretation in Spanish, English and Portuguese,  on 1 October 2025.

The fourth meeting of the Eliminating Mercury Skin Lightening Products project stakeholders group took place online on Thursday 18 September 2025.

The GEF-funded project Assessment of existing and future emissions reduction from the coal sector toward the implementation of the Minamata and Stockholm Conventions implemented by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and executed by the Macquarie University with targeted technical assistance from the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership has come to its end.

The GEF-funded, UNEP-led project “Eliminating Mercury Skin Lightening Products” is being implemented in collaboration with the Governments of Gabon, Jamaica, and Sri Lanka, with support from the World Health Organization and the Biodiversity Research Institute. The project aims to address the serious health and environmental risks posed by mercury-added skin lightening products.