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#GENeva: a global hub for #environmental governance. GEN is a network of 75 organizations based in the region, led by @UNEP & supported by #Switzerland
Mar 20 7 tweets 6 min read
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On the Road to #BRSCOPs2025, join this session on the new Stockholm Convention BAT/BAP Expert Group Guidance for #POP contaminated-sites management, focusing also on remediation techniques & affected hotspots.

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📹 youtube.com/watch?v=JEQApl… Image @ToxicsFree @brsmeas @FokusNexus3 @ismawati64 @arnikaorg @JPetrlik @GAIAnoburn @IPCPch @VitoABuonsante @DReferendum Presenting the purpose of the guidance, Lee Bell of @ToxicsFree highlights that the guidance provides an updated & comprehensive guidance to address new POPs such as PFAS. It is aimed to support parties who have yet to establish a POP contaminated sites management framework. Image
Nov 14, 2024 15 tweets 8 min read
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Join the last #GENeva #BeatPlasticPollution dialogue on the #RoadToBusan for a discussion on the state of play ahead of #INC5 & health aspects of the treaty under discussion.

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📹 youtube.com/watch?v=lEn8ER… Image @WHO @HCWHGlobal @ToxicsFree @PeruEnGinebra @bafuCH @PHinGeneva @IFPMA @FokusNexus3 @minderoo @ismawati64 In her opening, Amanda Finger of @bafuCH highlights the joint effort to raise the profile of #health aspects in the #PlasticsTreaty, in presenting the info document produced by #Georgia, #Ghana, #Ethiopia & #Switzerland.

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Aug 7, 2024 10 tweets 7 min read
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Join the #GENeva #BeatPlasticPollution Dialogue showing examples of approaches to manage #ChemicalsofConcern & #plastics, contributing to discussions at the intersessional meeting in Bangkok on the #RoadToBusan.

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Image @ToxicsFree @HACplastic @ciel_tweets @TESSForum @ismawati64 @FokusNexus3 @EU_ENV @NorwayInGeneva @IUCN_Plastics @UNHumanRights With #INC5 scheduled to be the last part of the #PlasticsTreaty negotiations, Valentina Sierra of #Uruguay highlights that the only way to tackle #PlasticPollution is through a framework of an international legally-binding agreement, especially necessary for developing countries. Image
Nov 8, 2023 4 tweets 2 min read
The #CITESSC77 side event "Enhanced responses to combat wildlife crime" focuses on the various efforts and examples of enhanced enforcement to tackle #wildlife crime. Image "Wildlife crime is as important as any other crime."

@CITES Secretary-General @ivonnehiguero stresses the importance of wildlife forensics and partnership between partners to @ICCWC_WFC in ensuring that #wildlife trade is sustainable and regulations are enforced.