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Gaps in international environmental law and environment-related instruments: towards a global pact for the environment - Report of the Secretary-General

… December 1998. 59 See, for example, Minamata Convention on Mercury (2017); Paris Agreement (2015); United Nations … undertake any verification with respect to illegal trade. Mercury 33. Mercury and mercury compounds are recognized as chemicals of …
27 May 2026 Document

Final: Gaps in international environmental law and environment-related instruments: towards a global pact for the environment

… December 1998. 59 See, for example, Minamata Convention on Mercury (2017); Paris Agreement (2015); United Nations … undertake any verification with respect to illegal trade. Mercury 33. Mercury and mercury compounds are recognized as chemicals of …
27 May 2026 Document

E-waste Inspection and Enforcement Manual - Developed in the framework of the SBC E-waste Africa project

… E-waste contains toxic substances such as lead, cadmium, mercury or bro- minated flame retardants. On the other hand, … batteries, printed wiring boards - Lithium Li-batteries - Mercury Fluorescent lamps that provide backlighting in LCDs, in some alkaline batteries and mercury wetted switches - Nickel Rechargeable NiCd-batteries …
27 May 2026 Document

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

… Europe by up to 15%. Background concentrations of ozone, mercury and several persistent organic pollutants in Europe … E.g. in a number of countries critical loads for mercury are still exceeded. Critical load exceedance of mercury in 2010. Orange regions indicate regions with a high …
27 May 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… • Ozone depleting substances under the Montreal Protocol • Mercury.(Minamata Convention) • Asbestos (ILO Convention) … Transboundary Air Pollution and the Minamata Convention on Mercury • Endocrine-disrupting chemicals • Nanotechnology • … PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), asbestos, lead and mercury 35. Accelerate the implementation of the Basel, …
27 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda

… trade, of hazardous and household waste, and more recently mercury, with the entry into force of the Minamata Convention … areas concerned (Kateregga 2010). Reduction of global mercury emissions If global mercury emissions could be reduced by 50 per cent to 60 per …
27 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

PIC Chemicals An Introduction to the Chemicals Listed in the Rotterdam Convention that are Subject to the Iinternational Legally-binding Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Procedure

… 76-44-8 Hexachlorobenzene 118-74-1 Lindane 58-89-9 Mercury compounds including inorganic mercury compounds, alkyl mercury compounds and alkyloxyalkyl and aryl mercury
27 May 2026 Document

The "Chemical & Waste Conventions": the Basel Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions

… – main outcomes on specific issues: Technical guidelines (mercury wastes, e-wastes). Draft report on mid-term … 9 Basel Convention (COP-13) Technical guidelines (mercury wastes, e-wastes) Rotterdam Convention (COP-7) … Convention (COP-13): Technical guidelines (POPs wastes, mercury wastes, e-wastes). Draft report on mid-term …
27 May 2026 Document

Our sustainable future: the role of the Basel Convention

… contamination contributes to respiratory disease. Mercury containing hospital products that are improperly … which contain infectious and toxic substances such as mercury, and electronic wastes, which contain heavy metals; … include gold, copper, platinum, palladium, lead and mercury: metals that can be an important source of revenue. …
27 May 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Transboundary Air Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Protocol targets three harmful metals: cadmium, lead and mercury. Parties are required to reduce their emissions for … as special filters or scrubbers for combustion sources or mercury-free processes. The 1998 Heavy Metals Protocol also … lower heavy metal emissions from other products, such as mercury in batteries, and proposes the introduction of …
27 May 2026 Course lesson in Climate and Atmosphere