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The report of the joint meeting of the COPs bureaux, held in Geneva from 15 to 16 November 2018, is now available online.
As preparation for the 2019 Triple COPs, the outcomes of the Joint Bureaux meeting are now online
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BRS Secretariat joins forces with Geneva Environment Network and the governments of France, Gabon & Norway to further explore options for tackling marine litter.
Plastic waste again in the spotlight as Geneva hosts High Level Dialogue on 14 February
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Meet the BRS Science & Technical Assistance Branch, which has female staff from Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, & Latin America, all working for a Clean Planet & Healthy People.
BRS Secretariat marks International Day of Women & Girls in Science
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Read the new BRS Blog to find out how the COPs will contribute to a clean planet and healthy people.
The 2019 Triple COPs are coming!
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Pre-session documents for the 2019 COPs, including the proposed programmes of work and budgets for the conventions for 2020-2021, are now available.
First batch of pre-session documents, including budget documents for consideration by the COPs, now online
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Apply for space at the Information Fair, 2 to 4 May, to showcase products, processes or partnerships which improve implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions.
Chemicals and waste “Information Fair” at the 2019 BRS Triple COPs
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Regional preparatory meetings for the 2019 COPs will be held throughout March 2019, jointly with meetings on the Minamata Convention & SAICM. Invitation letters for the meetings have been sent out.
Four joint regional meetings to help Parties prepare for the 2019 Triple COPs
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In Geneva on International Mountains Day, experts urge greater efforts to beat plastic pollution upstream, since Mountains Matter.
Read the BRS Press Release on Plastics in the Mountains
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The Barcelona and BRS conventions strengthen their cooperation to support the Mediterranean Action Plan and tackle marine plastic litter, at a signing event on 7 December 2018.
Side event in Geneva marks conventions joining forces to beat plastic pollution
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Preventing, detecting & acting against the illegal transboundary movements of hazardous & other wastes is a crucial element in the global waste challenge.
BRS opens Illegal Traffic meeting in China: Read the keynote on the Operation Demeter IV initiative
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Important meeting assesses how to improve governance for tackling marine plastic pollution.
Beat Marine Plastic Pollution: UN experts meet in Geneva to examine options
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The objectives of this webinar are to provide an overview of the electronic reporting system of the Basel Convention and enhance understanding of the reporting obligations under the Basel Convention. It is primarily intended for newly-designated focal points for the Basel Convention.
Electronic reporting system of the Basel Convention - an overview
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Basel and Stockholm Convention Regional Centre’s roundtable meeting brings together participants from 7 Asian countries to discuss better approaches to chemicals and waste management.
Life-Cycle Approach to chemicals and waste in the spotlight in Beijing, China
Beijing, China, 27-28 November 2018
The BRS Secretariat, together with the Basel and Stockholm Convention Regional Centre in China, organized a regional roundtable in Beijing from 27 to 28 November on the life-cycle approach for the sound management of hazardous chemicals and wastes. The roundtable, attended by 20 representatives from seven Asian countries, was organized within the framework of a project on the life-cycle approach being implemented by BCRC China.
Recognizing the need to better understand the socioeconomic aspects of phasing out or reducing the use/production of specific hazardous chemicals, the workshop participants were introduced to the concept of life-cycle assessment and its practical application in China and the pilot country of Sri Lanka. Each country participant shared national experiences of implementing the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions, highlighting in many cases the need for strengthened capacities for the sound management of hazardous chemicals and waste, including through the application of the life-cycle approach. The roundtable culminated in a group exercise whereby the participants considered the application of the LCA methodology with respect to POPs of concern in their countries.
For further information please contact Susan Wingfield: susan.wingfield@brsmeas.org.
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Vanuatu has become the 187th Party to the Basel Convention, with entry into force on 14 January 2019.
Progress to beat pollution as yet another country accedes to the Basel Convention
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The bureaux will meet on 15 and 16 November 2018 in Geneva, Switzerland to discuss preparations for the 2019 triple COPs.
Joint meeting of the bureaux of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions
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ICC-13 concludes Cabo Verde, Eritrea, Libya, Guinea-Bissau, Oman and Turkmenistan have overcome their difficulties in implementing obligations to transmit national reports or designate country contacts.
Basel Convention implementation and compliance progress as 6 countries resolve their compliance difficulties
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Accepted recently by Iceland and Namibia, the Amendment now requires only two more COP-3 Parties to deposit their instruments of acceptance, to enter into force.
Basel Convention Ban Amendment edges closer to entry into force as two more Parties deposit acceptance instruments
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Written comments are invited by 31 December 2018, on a proposal by Norway for COP-14 to amend Annexes II, VIII & IX of the Basel Convention to address plastic waste.
Plastic waste - Parties notified of a proposal to amend Annexes II, VIII & IX of the Basel Convention
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Regional information sessions, throughout October, are staged back-to-back with Minamata Convention COP-2 preparatory meetings.
BRS Regional information sessions series concludes with Latin America and Caribbean meeting in Lima, Peru
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BRS Executive Secretary moderates the “Ministerial Dialogue on Innovative Solutions to Detoxify our Environment” on marine plastic litter and sound management of chemicals & waste.
BRS participates in the 21st Ministerial Forum for Latin America and the Caribbean in Buenos Aires, 11 to 12 October
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This year for the first time, 13 October is designated International E-waste Day, to raise awareness of the possible hazards to health and environment of recycling mobile phones, computers, and other electronic devices.
On International E-waste Day, please consider the hidden cost of your devices
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Read the BRS Newsletter, now online, to keep up with actions for a clean planet and healthy people.
News on actions to tackle marine plastic litter, chemicals & wastes, just a click away
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Regional information sessions, throughout October, are staged back-to-back with Minamata Convention COP-2 preparatory meetings.
BRS Regional information sessions series continues in Chisinau, Moldova
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A new report by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Toxics states that one worker dies every 30 seconds from toxic exposure in the workplace.
Workers dying as a result of toxic exposure, says UN Special Rapporteur
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Thanks to funding from the UK, an art installation in the heart of international Geneva became the focus of public awareness activity as part of the Basel Convention High Level Event on 4 September.
M-Cube launched to raise awareness on marine litter and microplastics
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