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The new updated edition of the brochure on “Procedures and Mechanisms on Implementation and Compliance with the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions” is now available in English
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The report presents the environmental performance of the UN system and its continuing progress toward environmental sustainability.
The New GreeningtheBlue Annual Report 2025 is out
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The Government of Fiji transmitted on 16 January 2025 its revised and updated national implementation plan under Article 7, addressing the amendments adopted by COPs 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8.
Norway has transmitted its updated national implementation plan
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Watch our greetings video for 2026
Our warmest wishes from the BRS family
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Parties are requested to submit their sixth national report by 31 August 2026, with the Electronic Reporting System available now.
Sixth National Report Due 31 August 2026
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Read the advance English version of the report of the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention.
COP-12 meeting report now available
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UNEA-7 ended with decisions that show multilateralism remains a cornerstone for addressing global challenges towards tackling the interlinked crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution.
UNEA-7 commits to multilateral solutions for a more resilient planet
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In 2027, environmental leaders from around the world will meet in Panama for the Conferences of Parties to the Basel Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions to strengthen global governance on hazardous chemicals and waste and advancing coordinated action to protect human health and the environment.
Panama to host the BRS COPs in 2027
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2025 is the International Year of the Preservation of Glaciers and today is also International Mountains Day. Mountains are home to unique ecosystems, but a silent crisis is unfolding with plastic waste invading these pristine landscapes.
Plastic on the peaks – why our mountains are under siege
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The seventh session of UNEA, to be held from 8-12 December 2025, provides a key platform to deepen global cooperation and advance sustainable solutions to address global environmental challenges for a safer, more resilient planet.
UNEA-7: Advancing sustainable solutions for a resilient planet
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The Stockholm Convention Compliance Committee is convening its first meeting in Geneva from 24–26 November 2025. We spoke with Chair Jimena Nieto Carrasco about the Committee’s priorities, lessons learned from other multilateral environmental agreements, and how it plans to support Parti...
A conversation with the Chair of the Stockholm Convention Compliance Committee Jimena Nieto Carrasco
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The meeting will focus on organizing and guiding intersessional work arising from COP-12 decisions related to the update of BAT/BEP guidelines and guidance, and on agreeing the next steps to develop these documents for submission to COP-13.
Expert meeting on Best Available Techniques and Best Environmental Practices under the Stockholm Convention
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Explore the power of data to support integrated chemicals management, learn from mercury success stories, and in science-policy collaborations including with the Stockholm Convention’s Global Monitoring Plan.
Join us at the Minamata Convention COP-6 Knowledge Lab on Informing Integrated Chemicals Management: Data Needs and Experience from Mercury
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After six years as chair of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC), Peter Dawson looks back on his journey filled of global collaboration.
Six years at the helm: Peter Dawson’s POPRC journey
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UN scientific committee agrees that polybrominated dioxins and furans and mixed polybrominated and polychlorinated dioxins and furans meet all criteria for persistent organic pollutants but defers its decision on moving to the next stage for global action under the Stockholm Convention.
Press Release: Experts defer decision on new dioxins: Global review highlights ongoing toxic threat from e-waste and plastic burning
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Check out the various calls for information and nominations set out in decisions of the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Stockholm Convention.
Follow-up to the Stockholm Convention COP-12
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View the decisions adopted at the COP-12.
Outcomes of the COP-12 to the Stockholm Convention are now available
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We invite you to be a part of the second day of the ministerial interactive discussions where outcomes on the sub-themes pollution, circularity, and implementation will be presented and discussed, available in six languages.
Watch the Ministerial Interactive Plenary of the High-Level Segment - 1 May at 10:00 - 13:00 CET
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Be part of the global conversation on pollution, circularity, and implementation. Watch the Opening Ceremony discussions on YouTube, available in six languages.
Watch the Opening Plenary of the High-Level Segment - 30 April at 15:00 - 16:00 CET
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The Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions are now underway from 28 April to 9 May. Join the global effort to make the invisible visible. Explore our daily video highlights and photo gallery in the BRS COPs 2025 Newsroom.
The 2025 BRS COPs Have Officially Begun!
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