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The Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention met online, 9 June 2020, to discuss preparations for COP-10 in 2021. The report of that meeting is now available online.
Preparations for Stockholm Convention COP-10 underway: Bureau meeting report now available
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The new call for proposals will be presented and discussed during these Basel Convention online meetings.
Plastic Waste Partnership Briefing webinars organised to outline possibilities for funding actions on plastic waste
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Reflecting amendments made at COP4, 5, 6, 7, & 8, Samoa has become the latest of the Convention’s 182 Parties to transmit its updated National Implementation Plan, or NIP.
Samoa updates its national plan for implementing the Stockholm Convention
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Click here for COVID-19 medical waste news and guidance, along with other developments related to the sound management of chemicals and waste.
Latest BRS Newsletter is out and available online
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Applications are invited from Basel and Stockholm convention Regional Centres until 15 July 2020.
Deadline approaching for applications to the new Small Grants Programme on plastic waste
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To rid the world of POPs, Ghana has transmitted its updated NIP, addressing amendments made at COP-4, COP-5 and COP-6.
Ghana updates its national plan for implementing the Stockholm Convention
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Read the Earth Negotiations Bulletin’s review “State of Global Environmental Governance 2019” published recently by the International Institute for Sustainable Development.
Basel, Rotterdam & Stockholm conventions described as environmental governance “Hits of 2019” by IISD
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Preparations for the 2021 Meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP) are discussed by the Stockholm Convention’s COP Bureau, during an online meeting on 10 June 2020.
Key Stockholm Convention meeting pushes ahead with planning
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Adopted by Parties one year ago in May 2019, the Amendments become effective on 1 January 2021. Learn all you need to know by consulting the Secretariat’s FAQ, newly online.
Now online: Frequently-Asked-Questions on the Basel Convention Plastic Waste Amendments
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The UNEP/TED-ed initiative has attracted millions of children worldwide since launching in April. Join the Plastics Quest, live from Monday 18 May, brought into your home by the BRS Secretariat and partners.
Children! Parents! Join Earth School for a different take on home-schooling!
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BRS Executive Secretary joins UNEP, WHO, UNEP and others in a webinar on 19 May to discuss necessary responses to increased medical waste in light of the COVID-19 emergency.
Sustainability after COVID-19: The medical waste response
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The BRS Secretariat is pleased to announce, thanks to generous funding from Norway, the opening of the new Small Grant Programme on Plastic Waste, open to applications from Basel and Stockholm Convention regional centres until 15 July 2020.
New Small Grant Programme launched to improve plastic waste management at municipal, national and regional levels
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Addressing amendments to the Convention made at COP-4 and COP-5, Kyrgyzstan has transmitted its updated NIP.
To rid the world of POPs, Kyrgyzstan updates its national plan for implementing the Stockholm Convention
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Now available online: Overview of concept notes for voluntary contributions for implementing the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm conventions, as approved by COPs in 2019.
Opportunities published for supporting global work towards the sound management of chemicals & waste
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The Basel Convention’s COP-15, the Rotterdam Convention’s COP-10 and the Stockholm Convention’s COP-10 will be held back-to-back in Geneva, Switzerland, from 19 to 30 July 2021.
Save the date: Dates and venue for the 2021 BRS COPs
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Photographs are invited from professionals, amateurs and children, and will be judged by a panel including a National Geographic photographer. Deadline for submission: 30 September 2020.
New Plastic Waste Photo Contest launched to raise awareness on plastic waste pollution
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BRS information platforms expanded to include new portal sharing publications, events and contacts from the network of regional centres, starting with the Basel and Stockholm Regional Centre for Francophone Africa in Dakar, Senegal, as the first new information source and publisher.
Regional Centre in Senegal is the first to operationalise automatic information exchange through the BRS Clearing House Mechanism
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The 43rd Session of the Human Rights Council addresses children’s rights to a healthy environment, as UN report shows that 25% of infant deaths are from preventable, environmental hazards.
85 million children engaged in hazardous labour affecting their health through exposure to toxic substances, says UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
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See Inger Andersen (UNEP), Rolph Payet (BRS), Malcom Johnson (ITU) and Maria Neira (WHO) talk about the newly-launched E-waste Massive Open Online Course.
UN agencies join forces to help meet the world’s growing electronic waste challenge: you can join in too!
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The BRS Secretariat and partners’ Massive Open Online Course on electronic, or e-waste, is a unique opportunity to learn how you can become part of the solution, rather than part of the problem.
Enroll for this online course to help tackle the global E-waste challenge
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