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In an unprecedented step for international environmental governance, the compliance committees of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions convened their first-ever joint session on 19 June to exchange on issues of joint interest in the management of hazardous chemicals and wastes.
Historic First Joint Session Brings Together Compliance Committees of the Global Chemicals and Waste Conventions
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The COP Bureau met online on 30 June to 1 July 2026 to review key preparations, including the provisional agenda, for COP-18 scheduled to take place 19–30 April 2027 in Panama City.
Basel Convention Bureau advances COP-18 preparations
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Representatives from 140 governments convened in Geneva last week for the fifteenth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group (OEWG-15) of the Basel Convention.
UN Basel Convention Working Group Advances Global Action on Hazardous Waste and Other Wastes
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The fifteenth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, from Tuesday, 23 June to Friday, 26 June 2026, with pre-meetings, including Bureau and regional meetings, taking place on Monday, 22 June 2026.
Everything is in place for the 15th meeting of the Basel Convention Open ended Working Group.
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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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