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Meeting documents are now available for viewing and downloading
Preparations for the 17th meeting of the Implementation and Compliance Committee are in full swing
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Members are expected to inter alia, exchange information on activities and identify activities that would benefit from being coordinated or jointly planned and implemented, and to deliberate on the modalities for the operation of the network.
10th meeting of ENFORCE to be held in Vienna from 16 to 17 April 2026
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When food and organic waste are managed well, they present a powerful opportunity for climate mitigation, public health benefits and sustainable investment.
How the BRS Conventions support Zero Waste Day
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Applications for side events at OEWG-15 are now open until 30 April 2026. Interested organizers are invited to submit their proposals via the online application form.
OEWG-15 Side Events - Applications Now Open
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The workshop provided training on how Parties can collect data across the life cycle of POPs to complete their national reports under the Basel and Stockholm Conventions.
Regional workshop on national reporting under the Basel and Stockholm Conventions
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This World Meteorological Day, we highlight how scientific observation, monitoring, and data sharing guide global efforts to safeguard human health and the environment.
Observing today, protecting tomorrow: How the BRS Conventions works with the Montreal Protocol to protect the environment
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A new technical brief developed jointly by the BRS Conventions Secretariat and the Secretariat for the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production (10YFP) explores the co-benefits between circular economy and life-cycle approaches and the objectives of the Conventions.
Discover how the objectives of the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions support circularity and life-cycle approaches
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This workshop provides training on how Parties can collect data across the life cycle of POPs to complete their national reports under the Basel and Stockholm Conventions.
Regional workshop on national reporting under the Basel and Stockholm Conventions is underway
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This week, the BRS Secretariat is bringing together partners in Senegal and Cabo Verde to strengthen national capacities to prevent and reduce plastic waste, enhance control of transboundary movements of waste, and promote its environmentally sound management.
Tackling Plastic Waste in Cabo Verde and Senegal
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The report of the Basel Convention COP-17, as well as the compilation of decisions adopted, are now available in all the official UN languages.
COP-17 report now available in the six official UN languages
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Enforcement and customs authorities from nine Eastern European countries convene in Slovakia to exchange experiences and strengthen cooperation on implementing the Basel Convention e-waste amendments, which entered into force on 1 January 2025.
Regional workshop underway on e-waste amendments for countries in the Eastern Europe Region
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The Basel Convention Partnership on Plastic Waste (PWP) has selected a new cohort of pilot projects under its third call for proposals, bringing the total to 50 projects worldwide.
Basel Convention’s Plastic Waste Partnership (PWP) hits milestone with 50 global projects
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The new updated edition of the brochure on “Procedures and Mechanisms on Implementation and Compliance with the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions” is now available in English
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Bratislava, Slovakia from 27 to 29 January 2026
Second meeting of the working group of the Partnership for Action on Challenges relating to E-waste (PACEII)
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Register via the BRS Secretariat online registration platform for the OEWG meetings taking place from 23-26 June 2026 in Geneva.
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The report presents the environmental performance of the UN system and its continuing progress toward environmental sustainability.
The New GreeningtheBlue Annual Report 2025 is out
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UNEA-7 ended with decisions that show multilateralism remains a cornerstone for addressing global challenges towards tackling the interlinked crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution.
UNEA-7 commits to multilateral solutions for a more resilient planet
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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.
Panama to host the BRS COPs in 2027
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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.
Plastic on the peaks – why our mountains are under siege
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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.
UNEA-7: Advancing sustainable solutions for a resilient planet
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