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.
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.
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.
The 3rd meeting of the small intersessional working group on waste batteries technical guidelines is being held in Geneva, Switzerland from 1 to 4 December 2025. The SIWG aims to advance the work on the development and updating of the technical guidelines on waste batteries, for consideration by the Basel Convention OEWG scheduled in June 2026.