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PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are thousands of synthetic chemicals. Called “forever chemicals,” they are virtually indestructible (persistence), spread throughout the environment (wate...
The international trade in used textiles and textile waste has expanded rapidly alongside growing textile consumption and waste generation. While trade in used textiles grows, evidence indicates th...
During the 62nd Session of the Human Rights Council, on 24 June, Caritas Internationalis, JRS, ICMC and the Forum of Catholic Inspired NGOs are joining forces in a side event to elevate the
The fifteenth meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal – one of the subsidiary bodies ...
This side event will contribute to the agenda of the 15th meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group of the Basel Convention. It directly links to agenda item 3.(d) on international collaboration and ...
For decades, the environmental justice movement, international human rights experts and the people on the frontlines of the human rights crisis have been demanding action, guided by human rights, t...
Industrial food corporations, backed by fossil fuels and petrochemicals, drive climate harm, environmental degradation, and human rights violations and abuses. Weak regulation and corporate influen...
At this side event to the 62nd session of the Human Rights Council, human rights experts will discuss the legal norms related to the human rights of future generations, and opportunities to guarant...
This side event to the 62nd session of the Human Rights Council seeks to provide a platform for practical and forward-looking discussions on how energy transition policies can simultaneously advanc...
This event screened and discussed the documentary “Stories from the Blue Frontier”.
The documentary, which was produced by the German Embassy in Suva, provides a voice to rural communities in Fiji...
This event screened and discussed the documentary “Stories from the Blue Frontier”.
The documentary, which was produced by the German Embassy in Suva, provides a voice to rural communities in Fiji...
The Basel Convention E-Waste Amendments (EWA), which entered into force in January 2025, were intended to strengthen controls on transboundary movements of e-waste by bringing all e-waste exports u...
In 2019, during the Plastic Waste Amendment (PWA) negotiations, China at Basel COP14 proposed that the Basel Convention control all plastic wastes, regardless of their destinations or hazardousness...
This briefing, organized within the framework of the Geneva Environment Network, will provide updates on preparations for the meetings of the subsidiary bodies of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm...
Rising sea levels are increasingly recognized as one of the most far-reaching consequences of climate change. For many coastal countries and SIDS, sea level rise is not a distant risk but a present...
The Seventeenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP17), the Twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Pa...
In preparation for the 2026 UN Biodiversity Conference, leading experts from key Geneva-based institutions and processes speaking at the Geneva Celebration of the International Day for Biological D...
In preparation for the 2026 UN Biodiversity Conference, leading experts from key Geneva-based institutions and processes speaking at the Geneva Celebration of the International Day for Biological D...
In preparation for the 2026 UN Biodiversity Conference, leading experts from key Geneva-based institutions and processes speaking at the Geneva Celebration of the International Day for Biological D...
In preparation for the 2026 UN Biodiversity Conference, leading experts from key Geneva-based institutions and processes speaking at the Geneva Celebration of the International Day for Biological D...