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Global Mercury Assessment

… 2013 Sources, Emissions, Releases and Environmental Transport Copyright © United Nations Environment Programme, … 2013: Sources, Emissions, Releases and Environmental Transport. UNEP Chemicals Branch, Geneva, Switzerland … . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 8. Aquatic pathways, transport, and fate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Acting Now!

… the Cement Industry Mercury Waste Management Mercury Air Transport and Fate Research Global Mercury Assessment and … Mercury Assessment and national inventories Mercury air transport and fate research How the UNEP Global Mercury … of international mercury emissions sources, fate and transport. • Accelerate the development of sound scientific …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

An Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

… 32. Article 17 and non-Parties 121 Article 18 Handling, transport, packaging and identification 123 Box 33. The United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (the “Orange Book”) 125 Box 34. … to any right of a Party of transit to regulate the transport of LMOs through its territory. Parties may make …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Ridding the world of POPs - A guide to the Stockholm Convention on POPs

… other bizarre and unkind ramifications. For example, the transport of POPs depends on temperature; in a process known … of climate change and other stressors on the release, transport, distribution and toxicity of POPs. • It sets a … other bizarre and unkind ramifications. For example, the transport of POPs depends on temperature; in a process known …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Convention text of the Minamata Convention on Mercury

… on the chemistry and health effects, sources, long-range transport, and prevention and control technologies relating … harmful effects on unborn children and infants. The global transport of mercury in the environment was a key reason for … of global concern owing to its long-range atmospheric transport, its persistence in the environment once …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Introduction to the Minamata Convention on Mercury - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… 2013: Sources, Emissions, Releases and Environmental Transport. UNEP Chemicals Branch, Geneva, Switzerland … 2013: Sources, Emissions, Releases and Environmental Transport. UNEP Chemicals Branch, Geneva, Switzerland … 2013: Sources, Emissions, Releases and Environmental Transport. UNEP Chemicals Branch, Geneva, Switzerland 2. The …
21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Main Provisions of the Stockholm Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… is likely, as a result of its long-range environmental transport, to lead to significant adverse human health and/or …
21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

At a glance: Minamata Convention on Mercury

… 2013; Sources, Emissions, Releases, and Environmental Transport DISCLAIMER: The information contained in this … the chemistry and health effects, sources, long-range transport, as well as prevention and control technologies …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

The three pillars of the Basel Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… also requires that only persons authorized or allowed to transport or dispose of wastes undertake such operations, and … as “management” is defined as including the collection, transport and disposal of hazardous wastes and other wastes, …
21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Fact sheet - The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

… on Biological Diversity. It aims to ensure the safe transport, handling and use of living modified organisms … specifies any requirements for the safe handling, storage, transport and use and provides contact details for further …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity