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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

Scientific Assessment Report - UNECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution - Summary for policy makers

… of health and ecosystem impacts is caused by transboundary transport of pollutants. Effective reduction of the PM2.5 … concentrations of fine particles is caused by long-range transport and consists of ammonium-nitrate and … influenced by transboundary and even transcontinental transport of its precursors: NOx, volatile organic compounds …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

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

Handbook for the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and its Protocols

… in the field of air pollution including long-range transport of air pollutants, Recognizing the contribution of … air pollution and its effects, including long- range transport of air pollutants, and to the development through … programme for the monitoring and evaluation of long-range transport of air pollutants, starting with sulphur dioxide …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

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