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The seventh session of UNEA, to be held from 8-12 December 2025, provides a key platform to deepen global cooperation and advance sustainable solutions to address global environmental challenges for a safer, more resilient planet.
UNEA-7: Advancing sustainable solutions for a resilient planet
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A five-day workshop organized by the Rotterdam Convention and Mexico’s SEMARNAT to train national authorities and Latin American officers on pesticide evaluation, regulatory updates, Pesticide risk evaluation successes, EU methods, and practical environmental risk evaluation exercises.
Regional Training Workshop on Environmental Risk Assessment for Pesticides
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The event which is organized in cooperation with UNEP will present findings and approaches to strengthen the integration of pollution action and the implementation of the BRS conventions in United Nations Cooperation Frameworks, in particular highlighting the work of the compliance committees under ...
Join us at the webinar on “Embedding the implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions in United Nations Cooperation Frameworks: status, developments and perspectives on the way forward”.
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Explore the power of data to support integrated chemicals management, learn from mercury success stories, and in science-policy collaborations including with the Stockholm Convention’s Global Monitoring Plan.
Join us at the Minamata Convention COP-6 Knowledge Lab on Informing Integrated Chemicals Management: Data Needs and Experience from Mercury
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The amendments to list carbosulfan and fenthion in Annex III enter into force on 22 October 2025. Parties are invited to provide their import responses.
Listing of carbosulfan and fenthion formulations in Annex III of the Rotterdam Convention
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At the end of her tenure as Chair of the Chemical Review Committee (CRC) of the Rotterdam Convention, Noluzuko “Zukie” Gwayi shares her reflections on the achievements, challenges, and lessons learned over the past eight years.
Reflections from the outgoing Chair of the Chemical Review Committee (CRC)
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The 21st meeting of the Chemical Review Committee will open on 23 September 2025 in Rome.
Final preparations for CRC-21
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Read the advance English version of the report of the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention.
COP-12 meeting report now available
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The PIC Circular is a key document in the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention, both for the operation of the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) procedure and as a mechanism for the exchange of information on hazardous chemicals.
The 61st edition of the Rotterdam Convention PIC Circular is now available
The PIC Circular is a key document in the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention, both for the operation of the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) procedure and as a mechanism for the exchange of information on hazardous chemicals.
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Check out the various calls for information set out in decisions of the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention.
Follow-up to Rotterdam Convention COP-12
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View the decisions adopted at the COP-12.
Outcomes of the COP-12 to the Rotterdam Convention are now available
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We invite you to be a part of the second day of the ministerial interactive discussions where outcomes on the sub-themes pollution, circularity, and implementation will be presented and discussed, available in six languages.
Watch the Ministerial Interactive Plenary of the High-Level Segment - 1 May at 10:00 - 13:00 CET
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Be part of the global conversation on pollution, circularity, and implementation. Watch the Opening Ceremony discussions on YouTube, available in six languages.
Watch the Opening Plenary of the High-Level Segment - 30 April at 15:00 - 16:00 CET
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The Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions are now underway from 28 April to 9 May. Join the global effort to make the invisible visible. Explore our daily video highlights and photo gallery in the BRS COPs 2025 Newsroom.
The 2025 BRS COPs Have Officially Begun!
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Discover the inspiring topics that will be explored this year to Make Visible the Invisible in the environmentally sound management of chemicals and waste and join the discussions!
The schedule of side events during the 2025 BRS COPs is now available!
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