Arquivos Minamata - Toxisphera

Mercury Toxic Time bomb

Posted on Thursday March 30th, 2023Thursday March 30th, 2023 by toxisphera

In February 2007, governments agreed to establish an ad hoc working group to study voluntary actions to reduce mercury pollution and international legal instruments. It was recognized that without coordinated international agreements, and adequate financial assistance to address trade, use and environmental impacts, the global mercury crisis would not be addressed. Thus, the global negotiation to build an international treaty based on cooperation among countries was begun. This report was originally prepared for the 22nd Meeting of the United Nations Environment Programme in Nairobi, Kenya.

Original publication available at : https://freegrassy.net/wp-content/uploads/Mercury_ToxicTimeBomb_Final.pdf

Relatório Mercúrio TIME BOMB_ACPO

The legal framework for mercury in Brazil

Posted on Thursday March 30th, 2023Thursday March 30th, 2023 by toxisphera

The legal framework for mercury in Brazil

This 2010 study was developed during the negotiation process of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, shows a diagnosis of the gaps in the Brazilian legal framework for mercury, and includes a summary analysis of the rules by thematic segments, as well as some brief recommendations. Portuguese version only

REGIME JURÍDICO DO MERCURIO NO BRASIL

Program: International governance of chemicals and wastes

Posted on Friday March 24th, 2023 by toxisphera

Comprises activities and projects associated with:

Follow-up and advocacy with binding regimes on chemicals and their hazardous waste: Minamata Convention on Mercury, Stockholm Convention on POPs – persistent organic pollutants, Basel and Rotterdam Conventions (the last three are “chemical” conventions, whose Conferences of the Parties – CoPs – are held together).

Follow-up and advocacy with binding regimes on chemicals and their hazardous waste: Minamata Convention on Mercury, Stockholm Convention on POPs – persistent organic pollutants, Basel and Rotterdam Conventions (the last three are “chemical” conventions, whose Conferences of the Parties – CoPs – are held together).
Follow-up and international advocacy with voluntary processes (no legal binding – soft Law): SAICM and Agenda 2030.
Participation and advocacy related to the multilateral negotiation, started in 2022, of a new global treaty on plastic pollution.

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