Health and Environment
Biodiversity and healthy ecosystems are essential for our health and survival. A healthy environment, with a thriving biodiversity and in ecological equilibrium, is integral to social and ecological resilience, including the resilience of ecosystem functions and the services that they sustain. As environmental degradation further increases, the equilibrium of ecosystems can be compromised, potentially creating new opportunities for disease emergence and poor health both in humans, plants and animals.
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16 Oct 2026
Food Systems and the Environment
07 Oct 2026
Preventing Lead Poisoning from Geneva
30 Sep 2026
Geneva addressing Hazardous Substances
Organizations
Non-Governmental and Business Organizations
Interdisciplinary Institute for Environmental Health Research and Information
PIRSE
Experts
Katherine Urbáez
Katherine Urbáez is the Founder and Executive Director of the Health Diplomacy Alliance.
Mickaël Repellin
Mickaël Repellin is the Co-founder and Secretary General of PIRSE-IEHRI, attorney and researcher in international environmental and health law.
Tobias Brosch
Tobias Brosch is professor at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Geneva, where he holds the chair in sustainable development psychology and IPCC AR7 Working Group II leading author of Chapter 11 "Europe".Events
Body Meeting
24th session of the Steering Committee of the Transport Health and Environment Pan-European Programme
29 – 30 Oct 2026
Palais des Nations | Room IX
UNECE, WHO
Virtual
Heat Stress, Jobs and Productivity: New Evidence from Six Countries
29 Oct 2026 | 12:00 – 14:00
Online | Zoom
ILO
Conference
Les déjeuners sociologiques | How an Urban Poor Community Faces the Heat: Insights from India
29 Oct 2026 | 12:30 – 13:30
Uni Mail | M4020
UNIGE
Body Meeting
9th meeting of the small intersessional working group on technical guidelines on persistent organic pollutants as wastes
31 Oct – 02 Nov 2026
International Environment House II
BRS
Virtual
Closing the Waste Pathway: Managing Mercury-Containing Medical Devices
03 Nov 2026 | 11:00 – 12:30
Online | Teams
UNEP Global Mercury Partnership
Virtual
Introduction to national reporting under the Basel Convention
03 Nov 2026 | 16:00 – 17:00
Online | Zoom
BRS
Conference
One Health, Science and Evidence
04 Nov 2026 | 10:00 – 11:00
Palais des Nations, Room H.378 & Online, Zoom
FAO
Virtual
How to Implement Article 13 of the Rotterdam Convention: Using GHS for Classification and Labelling of Chemicals in LAC region (Session in Spanish)
04 Nov 2026 | 15:00 – 16:30
Online | Zoom
BRS
Body Meeting
15th Meeting of the Task Force on Target Setting and Reporting
05 – 06 Nov 2026
Palais des Nations | Room IX
UNECE/WHO Protocol on Water and Health
Conference
Chemical Pollution: From the Field to Global Action to Protect Health | Geneva Health Forum Conference
10 Nov 2026 | 09:00 – 10:30
Campus Biotech | Room B1-06
GHF
Body Meeting
Eleventh Meeting of the Effectiveness Evaluation Group (EEG-11)
11 – 13 Nov 2026
International Environment House
Minamata Convention
Body Meeting
COP-7 Bureau 1st Meeting
14 Nov 2026 | 09:00 – 17:00
International Environment House & Online
Minamata Convention
Body Meeting
First International Conference of the Global Framework on Chemicals
16 – 20 Nov 2026
CICG
GFC
Conference
Health and Chemicals Forum | GFC IC1
17 Nov 2026 | 13:00 – 18:00
CICG | Room A & Online | Zoom
Food Packaging Forum, CIEH, Health Care Without Harm, GEN
Body Meeting
Joint Bureau Meeting of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
23 – 24 Nov 2026
Geneva
BRS
Conference
Road To Geneva | The conversation that hasn’t happened Yet: Labour, health and climate. What futures do we want?
23 Nov 2026 | 13:30 – 17:00
Domaine de la Pastorale
Women @ the Table, GHRH, Friedrich Naumann Foundation
Virtual
Addressing the supply and trade of mercury not in compliance with the Convention | Minamata Online
24 Nov 2026 | 13:00 – 14:00
Online | Webex
Minamata Convention
Conference
From Commitments to Clean Air: Building Cross-Sector CSO engagement (Closed Door Meeting)
26 Nov 2026 | 10:30 – 15:30
NCD Alliance Office
NCD Alliance
Virtual
Review of Implementation of Article 7 on Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining | Minamata Online
26 Nov 2026 | 13:00 – 14:00
Online | Webex
Minamata Convention
Virtual
Towards a Mercury-Free Dentistry | Minamata Online
01 Dec 2026 | 13:00 – 14:00
Online | Webex
Minamata Convention
Virtual
Financing mercury action: GEF, SIP and country experiences | Minamata Online
03 Dec 2026 | 13:00 – 14:00
Online | Webex
Minamata Convention
Body Meeting
46th Session of the Executive Body for the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution
07 – 10 Dec 2026
Palais des Nations | Room VII
UNECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
Body Meeting
Ninth meeting of the Implementation and Compliance Committee
26 – 28 Jan 2027
International Environment House
Minamata Convention
Body Meeting
17th meeting of the Basel Convention Implementation and Compliance Committee (ICC-17)
22 – 26 Feb 2027
International Environment House II
BRS
Body Meeting
Regional preparatory meetings for the 2027 COPs for Eastern Europe Region
01 – 03 Mar 2027
International Environment House
BRS
Body Meeting
Seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP-7)
06 – 10 Sep 2027
Minamata Convention
Learning
Course in Geneva
United Nations Chemicals and Waste Management Study Programme
09 – 13 Nov 2026
Geneva
UNITAR
Online Course
Local Water Solutions for Global Challenges
UNITAR, Gaia Education, University of Strathclyde
Online Course
Protecting Children’s Health From Environmental Threats: Free Online Course by UNICEF & WHO
WHO, UNICEF
Publications
Report
Transforming food systems for a safe climate and health for all
2026
Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council
Report
Guidelines on access to justice and effective remedies in the context of toxics
2025
Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council
Policy Brief
Analysis of Governments’ Authority to Mitigate Micro- and Nanoplastic Releases to Inform the Global Plastics Treaty Negotiations
2024
University of Wollongong, Minderoo Foundation
