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Mercury: acting now
(UNEP, 2013)
The UNEP Global Mercury Partnership was initiated in 2005 to take immediate action to protect human health and the environment from the release of mercury and its compounds to the environment. It is a voluntary multi-stakeholder ...
Minamata convention on mercury: text and annexes
(UNEP, 2013)
The Minamata Convention on Mercury is an important advance in global environmental stewardship. This multilateral agreement addresses the devastating effects of mercury through practical actions that will reduce global ...
Global chemicals outlook: towards sound management of chemicals
(UNEP, 2013)
The publication provides a wealth of technical and scientific information covering inter alia substances that can have adverse impacts on the environment and human health, that are of global and/or national and /or local ...
UNEP in Europe: newsletter
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2013)
This publication is a monthly newsletter on UNEPs activities in Europe.
International activities related to chemicals
(UNEP, 2001)
This publication was designed to provide a brief overview of inter-governmental activities related to chemicals management for use by a wide range of possible readers in both the public and private sectors. The publication ...
Technical background report for the global mercury assessment
(UNEP, 2013)
This report presents the latest and comprehensive information of global mercury emissions and releases to the environment, information on atmospheric and aquatic chemistry and fate and transport of mercury.
Costs of inaction on the sound management of chemicals
(UNEP, 2013)
This document provides a practical and useful assessment of the current state of knowledge of the economic costs of inaction on the sound management of chemicals. It makes available early research findings and the evidence ...
Harmful Substances and Hazardous Waste - United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP, 2010)
Factsheets in this series: Climate change, Resource efficiency, Disasters and conflicts, Environmental governance, Harmful substances and hazardous waste, Ecosystem management.