SDG3: Good health and well-being for people
Ensuring healthy lives and promoting the well-being at all ages is essential to sustainable development. In the last decades, we made great progress on infant and maternal mortality reduction as well as in life expectancy increase. Still, there is much to be done. Achieving this objective requires bold action to have universal health coverage, reduce the spread of communicable and non-communicable diseases and the number of deaths caused by substance abuse, road accidents, pollution, and pandemics.
Updates
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07 Oct 2026
Preventing Lead Poisoning from Geneva
05 Oct 2026
Environmental Disaster Risk Reduction
28 Sep 2026
Human Rights and the Environment
Organizations
Non-Governmental and Business Organizations
Interdisciplinary Institute for Environmental Health Research and Information
PIRSE
Non-Governmental and Business Organizations
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
IFRC
Multilateral Environmental Agreements
UNECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
UNECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
Multilateral Environmental Agreements
UNECE Espoo Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context
Espoo Convention and the Protocol on SEA
Experts
Andrés del Castillo
Andrés del Castillo is the Senior Attorney for the Environmental Health Program of the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL).
Jacqueline Alvarez
Jacqueline Alvarez is the Chief of the UNEP Chemicals and Health Branch.
Katherine Urbáez
Katherine Urbáez is the Founder and Executive Director of the Health Diplomacy Alliance.
Kay Williams
Kay Williams is the Head of the Global Framework on Chemicals.
Mickaël Repellin
Mickaël Repellin is the Co-founder and Secretary General of PIRSE-IEHRI, attorney and researcher in international environmental and health law.
Noelia Garcia Nebra
Noelia Garcia Nebra is Head of sustainability at the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
Otto Simonett
Otto Simonett is the Director of Zoï Environment Network.
Sandra Avérous-Monnery
Sandra Avérous-Monnery is seconded to the World Trade Organization as Economic Officer.
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
Conference
High-level Briefing on Meetings of the Governing Bodies of the Air Convention, Espoo Convention and its Protocol on SEA and Industrial Accidents Convention
20 Oct 2026 | 09:00 – 10:45
Palais des Nations, Room H.207-208-209 & Online
UNECE, Canada, France, Greece
Info Session
Advance Information Session for the 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents
20 Oct 2026 | 11:00 – 12:30
Palais des Nations | Room H-207-208-209 & Online | Teams
UNECE Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents
Info Session
Briefing for National Focal Points and other stakeholders of the Espoo Convention and its Protocol on SEA on the forthcoming sessions of the Meetings of the Parties
20 Oct 2026 | 11:00 – 12:30
Palais des Nations | Room H.376 & Online | Teams
Espoo Convention and the Protocol on SEA
Conference
PFAS – The Forever Pollution Project
21 Oct 2026 | 12:15 – 14:00
University of Lausanne | Amphimax, 410
Unil
Conference
Road to the First International Conference of the Global Framework on Chemicals | Investing for Impact for a Planet Free of Harm from Chemicals and Waste
27 Oct 2026 | 14:00 – 15:30
International Environment House I, Room 2 & Online | Webex
GFC, GEN
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
ILO
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
Body Meeting
First International Conference of the Global Framework on Chemicals
16 – 20 Nov 2026
CICG
GFC
Body Meeting
Joint Bureau Meeting of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
23 – 24 Nov 2026
Geneva
BRS
Conference
15th United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights
23 – 25 Nov 2026
Palais des Nations
OHCHR
Conference
2026 AMR Awareness Week Event
24 Nov 2026 | 10:30 – 12:00
Palais des Nations| Room S-29 & Online | Webex
UNEP, Health Diplomacy Alliance, GEN
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
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
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
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
Priority actions towards breathing clean air, protecting public health and ensuring a healthy environment
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
Report
Climate Impacts of Plastics: Global Actions to Stem Climate Change and End Plastic Pollution
2024
GRID-Arendal
Report
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
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