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Thursday, February 29 • 17:15 - 18:30
Decarbonization and detoxification: opportunities for integrated solutions

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This side event aims at exploring the interconnections between pollution from chemicals and wastes and the climate crisis.

The sound management of wastes and chemicals, and circular economy approaches, have a critical role to play in addressing climate change. Curbing chemical and wastes pollution offers various co-benefits to tackling climate change, either directly, through sound solid waste management or, indirectly, through the effects of waste prevention, re-use, recycling and resource recovery across economic sectors and through more circular and sustainable products.

By bringing experts from different horizons, the side event will discuss the co-benefits offered by integrated approaches aimed at addressing GHG emissions and releases from pollutants, while preventing trade-offs.
The side event is co-organized by the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, the Secretariat of the Minamata Convention on Mercury and the UNEP.

The side event will be streamed at: https://youtube.com/live/n5rtS-tAbQE?feature=share


Contact Person: Marylene Beau, Programme Management Officer, UNEP
Moderator
avatar for Donald Cooper

Donald Cooper

Director of the Transparency Division, Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Speakers
avatar for Rolph Payet

Rolph Payet

Executive Secretary, Basel Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions (BRS)
avatar for Sheila Aggarwal-Khan

Sheila Aggarwal-Khan

Director of Industry and Economy, United Nations Environment Programme
Sheila brings to this position more than 30 years of management and technical expertise from a range of institutions. Sheila was the Director of the Green Climate Fund and Global Environment Facility operations at the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).She has... Read More →
avatar for Marcos Orellana

Marcos Orellana

UN Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights
avatar for Chizuru Aoki

Chizuru Aoki

Lead Environmental Specialist, GEF
avatar for Carlos Silva Filho

Carlos Silva Filho

President, International Solid Waste Association (ISWA)
avatar for Bjorn Beeler

Bjorn Beeler

International coordinator, International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN)
avatar for Astrid Schomaker

Astrid Schomaker

Director for Green Diplomacy and Multilateralism, Directorate General for Environment, European Commission
avatar for Beatrice Cyiza

Beatrice Cyiza

Director General of Biodiversity and Climate, Ministry of Environment, Rwanda
avatar for Maya Berci

Maya Berci

President, Twelfth Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
Maya Berci is the Executive Director of the Chemicals Management Division at Environment and Climate Change, Canada and leads on the risk management of chemicals domestically and internationally for Canada, including leading negotiations and domestic implementation of the Stockholm... Read More →

Organizers
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avatar for Secretariat to the Minamata Convention on Mercury
avatar for United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

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