Global mercury assessment 2018
This update to the Global Mercury Assessment 2013 provides the most recent information available for the worldwide emissions to air, releases to water, and transport of mercury in atmospheric and aquatic
Minamata Convention
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A proposed global metric to aid mercury pollution policy
The Minamata Convention on Mercury entered into force in August 2017, committing its currently 92 parties to take action to protect human health and the environment from anthropogenic emissions and releases
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Mercury monitoring in women of child-bearing age in Asia and the Pacific Region
A new study, supported by the Minamata Convention’s Interim Secretariat hosted by UN Environment, reveals that women of childbearing age living in four Pacific Island countries have elevated levels of
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Mercury management for sustainable development
This brochure summarizes the interim results of UNDP’s work in protecting human health and the environment from mercury in support of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, illustrates linkages with Sustainable
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Diplomatic conference on plenipotentiaries on the Minamata convention on mercury: 7-11 October 2013
The Minamata Convention on Mercury was adopted on Thursday, 10 October 2013 at 11:11 am in Kumamoto, Japan, following decades of increased awareness regarding the toxicity of mercury and mercury-related
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Text of the Minamata Convention on Mercury for adoption by the Conference of Plenipotentiaries
This document contains the text of the Minamata Convention on Mercury as agreed, in the form of the draft Convention, by the intergovernmental negotiating committee to prepare a global legally binding
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New global treaty cuts mercury emissions and releases, sets up controls on products, mines and industrial plants
Read this UNEP Press Release on the historic Minamata Convention on Mercury - a global, legally binding treaty which opened for signature - was agreed to by governments in January and formally adopted as international law on 10 October 2013.