Something to keep in mind as the warmer weather approaches...

Throwing plastic confetti outdoors is littering.

With so many environmentally friendly alternatives, who needs it?

Let’s #CelebrateBetter

Find out more: helcom.fi/action-areas/m…

Good job HELCOM - the Helsinki Commission! 👏

#FightRacism to #MakeMercuryHistory

Amira Adawe, MPH (Executive Director, The Beautywell) highlighted: 'We have to end colourism. We have to redefine beauty standards & welcome everybody, embrace everybody's skin colour'.

#Mercury FreeCosmetics
– with UN Environment Programme Global #Mercury Partnership

I was pleased to welcome Aziz Abdukhakimov Minister of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change of🇺🇿, at out exhibition during #UNEA6 . I am looking forward to Uzbekistan joining #minamataMEA

📣 Mozambique is now part of the #MinamataConvention !

On 19 February, Mozambique 🇲🇿 deposited its instrument of ratification successfully, becoming the 148th Party (& 1st of the year) to commit to #MakeMercuryHistory .

Learn the steps to become a Party 👉 bit.ly/MCBecomingParty

At the #MEAs ICC side event, Exec Sec Monika Stankiewicz looked forward to 'continuing cooperation with other MEAs and Implementation & Compliance Committees, & sharing experiences with other MEAs that are beginning the work'.

More info & video recording: minamataconvention.org/en/events/unea…

'MEAs embody the highest level of ambition of the international community in addressing pressing environmental issues. The journey began with the #MontrealProtocol '

Osvaldo Álvarez-Pérez, President of

At knowledge management #UNEA6 event, Exec Sec Monika Stankiewicz on digitalization's potential to 'accelerate conventions implementation, provide transparency, optimize science utilization & apply data-driven approaches'.

Presentations & video recording: minamataconvention.org/en/events/unea…

So pleased to meet again Vice-Minister Matsuzawa from MOE_Japan 環境省 at the ministerial breakfast meeting at #UNEA6 . Thank you 🇯🇵for all your support to Minamata Convention on Mercury

Thank you Inger Andersen for convening #MEAs at #UNEA6 , your strong support to the environmental conventions & a clear message that we need to go beyond to solve triple planetary crises

At the Bern III Conference, the #MinamataConvention Secretariat strongly supports collaboration among #biodiversity -related Conventions.

Our new infographic explores the #mercury impact on biodiversity & human health (in EN, FR & ES) 👇
bit.ly/BiodiversityIn…

#BiodiversityPlan

In time for the Bern III Conference, our new ' #Mercury and #biodiversity ' publication explores the major co-benefits of implementing the #MinamataConvention & the Kunming-Montreal GBF.

📖 Read it here (in English, French & Spanish): bit.ly/MercuryBiodive…

#BiodiversityPlan

Watch this webinar youtu.be/SDLxo38c_YI?si… by Good Policies to learn why skin lighting creams with hazardous mercury are widely used. Global community of #MinamataConvention firmly believes the use of mercury in cosmetics is unacceptable and cannot be allowed to continue.

⚠️Just one day left!🧴Many skin-lightening cremes contain #mercury 📷Join our webinar and explore solutions for a toxic-free world. #MakeMercuryHistory
Minamata Convention on Mercury Bundesumweltministerium Umweltbundesamt Kehkashan Basu, M.S.M. 👉Register us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Thank you Ex Sec David Cooper David Cooper & UN Biodiversity team for a good discussion on #MinamataCOP5 outcomes and #KMGBF . #MercuryPollution and biodiversity are closely interlinked, we can do more together to support countries to achieve a greater policy coherence

📺 Our final video covering #MinamataCOP5 , highlighting some of the outcomes, strong commitment & future steps to #MakeMercuryHistory .

Including interviews with Exec Sec Monika Stankiewicz, COP-5 President Claudia Dumitru & COP-6 President Osvaldo Alvarez.
youtu.be/jyDNBYTCByk

Our #MinamataCOP5 President Claudia Dumitru receives applause from delegates at the end of the week long negotiations to address mercury pollution.

My great appreciation to all Indigenous Peoples attending #MinamataCOP5 . We have a great outcome - COP5 adopted of a landmark decision to broaden participation of Indigenous Peoples in the implementation of projects and programmes under Minamata Convention on Mercury

#MinamataCOP5 agrees to invite the #biodiversity COP to consider additional indicators to cover highly-hazardous chemicals and mercury under Target 7 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
#MakeMercuryHistory
UN Biodiversity Minamata Convention on Mercury

#Minamata film director Andrew Levitas at #Minamata COP5: If there's one thing everyone can agree on is that we all deserve a right to live an unpolluted life. That's why every nation must join the #Minamata Convention.

Stay updated: bit.ly/MinamataCOP5

#MakeMercuryHistory

I am so proud #MinamataCOP5 concluded last week expressed its firm belief that the use of mercury in cosmetics is unacceptable and cannot be allowed to continue, and decided to amend Minamata Convention on Mercury to ensure its complete phase out.