31 Mar 2023
SDG12: Responsible consumption and production
Consumption and production patterns are not currently sustainable: water and land use, greenhouse gases emissions, waste generation and management, as well as of disposal of toxic waste are still having enormous ecological footprints. Achieving this objective requires bold action to halve food waste, to ensure the sound management of chemical waste, to curb wasteful consumption, and to promote green tourism.
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31 Mar 2023
International Environmental Negotiations Agenda
29 Mar 2023
Human Rights and the Environment
Organizations
Multilateral Environmental Agreements
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
CITES
Multilateral Environmental Agreements
International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
UPOV
Non-Governmental and Business Organizations
Shamba Centre for Food & Climate
Shamba Centre for Food & Climate
Multilateral Environmental Agreements
UNECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters
Aarhus Convention
Multilateral Environmental Agreements
UNECE Espoo Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context
EIA Convention
Thematic Platforms
United Nations Alliance for Sustainable Fashion
United Nations Alliance for Sustainable Fashion
Intergovernmental Organizations
United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries
UN-REDD
Non-Governmental and Business Organizations
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
WBCSD
Experts
Carolyn Deere Birkbeck
Carolyn Deere Birkbeck is a Senior Researcher at the Graduate Institute’s Global Governance Centre and Director of the Forum on Trade, Environment & the SDGs (TESS).
Charlotte Pavageau
Charlotte Pavageau works as an advocacy and policy at Biovision Foundation.
Christophe Bellmann
Christophe Bellmann is the Head of Policy Analysis and Strategy at the Forum on Trade, Environment & the SDGs (TESS).
Claudia Ten Have
Claudia ten Have is a Senior Policy Coordination Officer at Minamata Convention on Mercury Secretariat, United Nations Environment Programme.
David Ogden
David Ogden is the Chief of the Governance Branch, Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions Secretariat, at the UN Environment Programme.
Delphine Garin
Delphine Garin is the manager of Plastics & Packaging at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.
Elisa Tonda
Elisa Tonda is the Chief of the Resources and Markets Branch at the UN Environment Programme, effective 1 September 2022.
Ivo Mulder
Climate Finance Unit Head, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Jacqueline Alvarez
Jacqueline Alvarez is the Chief of the UNEP Economy Division’s Chemicals and Health Branch.
João Sousa
João Sousa is the Senior Programme Officer of Marine Plastics, Global Marine and Polar Programme at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Joy Kim
Joy Kim is Programme Officer at UNEP's Economic Research Unit.
Liesbeth Casier
Liesbeth Casier is a Policy Advisor at the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Nalini Sharma
Nalini Sharma is the Senior Coordinator of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM).
Noelia Garcia Nebra
Noelia Garcia Nebra is Head of sustainability at the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
Peter Bakker
Peter Bakker is the President and CEO of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).
Rafal Brykowski
Rafal Brykowski is the Programme Management Officer of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) Secretariat.
Sandra Avérous-Monnery
Sandra Avérous-Monnery is Acting head of the Knowledge and Risk unit, in the Chemicals and Health Branch at the United Nations Environment Programme.
Teresa Moreira
Teresa Moreira is the Head of the Competition and Consumer Policies Branch at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).Events
Virtual
Virtual Side Events to the Seventieth session of the Commission
03 – 05 Apr 2023
Online | Zoom
UNECE
Workshop
Media training workshop in preparation for the upcoming meetings of the Conference of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
03 Apr 2023 13:00 – 14:15
Online | Webex
BRS
Virtual
Launch of the second short national reports (Article 21) | Minamata Online
05 Apr 2023 13:00 – 14:00
Online | Webex
Minamata Convention on Mercury
Virtual
Mercury in Southern Hemisphere | Minamata Online
12 Apr 2023 12:00 – 13:30
Online | Webex
Minamata Convention on Mercury
Virtual
Environment, Climate, Conflict, and Peacebuilding (ECCP) | FMNR Practitioner Dialogue
13 Apr 2023 09:00 – 10:00
Online | Zoom
Geneva Peacebuilding Platform
Virtual
Valuing Forest Restoration in Indonesia, a Case Study of the Brantas River
26 Apr 2023 14:00 – 15:00
Online | Zoom
IISD
Virtual
Trade-Related Measures for a Treaty to End Plastic Pollution Webinar and Quiet Diplomacy in Person Dinner
26 Apr 2023 16:00
Online & in Person dinner at Quaker House in Geneva
QUNO, CIEL
Conference
Briefing on the 2nd Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to Develop an International Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution (Plastic Pollution INC-2)
27 Apr 2023 15:00 – 16:30
International Environment House I | Room 3 & Online | Webex
Body Meeting
Meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions in 2023
01 – 12 May 2023
CICG
BRS
Conference
Advancing a human rights-based approach to pollution for people and the planet | BRS COPs 2023 Side Event
10 May 2023 13:15 – 14:45
CICG & Online
OHCHR, UNEP, UNDP, ILO, UNECE, FAO, Minamata Convention on Mercury, UN EMG, GEN
Conference
World Environment Day Celebration | Geneva High Level Dialogue on Solutions to Plastic Pollution
05 Jun 2023 11:00 – 13:30
International Environment House II (Chemin de Balexert 7-9, Châtelaine)
Conference
2023 World Resources Forum | Rethinking Value — Resources for Planetary Wellbeing (WRF23)
05 – 07 Sep 2023
CICG & Online
WRF
Body Meeting
5th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-5)
28 Oct – 04 Nov 2023
Minamata Convention on Mercury
Body Meeting
OEWG3: Science-Policy Panel to contribute further to the sound management of chemicals and waste and to prevent pollution
17 – 21 Jun 2024
CICG
OEWG SPP CWP
Learning
Course in Geneva
Science-Policy Interfaces for Environmental Solutions: Learning to Span Boundaries
03 – 07 Jul 2023
UNIGE
Online Course
Introductory Course on the International Legal Framework on Transboundary Air Pollution
InforMEA
Online Course
Introductory Course to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
InforMEA
Publications
Reports
Strengthening collaboration and coordination between biodiversity and chemicals and waste clusters
2022
Nordic Council of Ministers
Reports
Interlinkages between the chemicals and waste multilateral environmental agreements and biodiversity: Key Insights
2021
BRS, Minamata Convention on Mercury
Reports
An Assessment of Options for Strengthening the Science-Policy Interface at the International Level for the Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste
2020
UNEP Chemicals and Health Branch
Reports
Sand and Sustainability: Finding new solutions for environmental governance of global sand resources
2019
UNEP/GRID-Geneva
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