In the margins of Escazu #COP4 (21-24 April in #Bahamas), join the side event exploring how #PRTRs can support implementation of commitments to mitigate pollution through strengthened transparency & access to info.
@minamataconvention.bsky.social
📆 22 April, 15:00 CEST
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Session 1 continues in the afternoon with a presentation of practical examples on:
🔹 @africanunion.bsky.social's EWS
🔹ICPDR Danube River EWS & Hotspot Mapping
🔹 #Estonia's Multihazard Public Warning System
🔹 Use of #PRTRs data for #Chemical Accident & Disaster Response in #Japan
As #ICJAO reaffirmed that #pollution is a core element of #TriplePlanetaryCrisis, Marco Keiner of #UNECE highlights #PRTRs role in managing pollution effectively & efficiently, encouraging more countries to see the value of solid common standards & principles the protocol offers.
The GEN is at the #AarhusPRTRsMoPs side event that will showcase the new #PRTRs management scheme in the IOMC Toolbox for Decision-Making to help countries achieve the goals of the Global Framework on Chemicals #GFC. @unitar.bsky.social @oecd-env.bsky.social
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Highlighting @srtoxics.bsky.social report to the HRC on pollution information portals, Yves Lador of @earthjustice.org urges to widen the scope of #PRTRs protocol to include human rights, calling it a "key human rights implementation instrument", notably on the right to access to info & #RtHE.
Cyrille-Lazare Siewe of @unep.org reaffirms #PRTRs is an excellent tool to support member states & echoes UNITAR's call for greater collaboration with existing chemical conventions, like @minamataconvention.bsky.social & @brsconventions.bsky.social, to exploit synergies for joint implementation.
Presenting @unitar.bsky.social's work on #PRTRs in face of budget cuts, Jorge Ocaña urges all for greater synergies: with MEAs that work on PRTRs (e.g. @minamataconvention.bsky.social & #StockholmConvention) & taking on funding opportunities, such as #GFC Fund application (deadline: 15 December).
#PRTRMOPP5 Chair Tone Kvasič of #Slovenia gavels the meeting to an open as delegates are expected to tackle draft decisions on:
🔸 reporting requirements
🔸 furthering modernization of #PRTRs, their global promotion & synergy
🔸 work programme 2026-2029
🔸 financial arrangements
It's Day 5⃣ of #AarhusPRTRsMoPs!
The final day of the week-long series of meetings will be dedicated to the Fifth session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers. #PRTRs #PRTRMOPP5
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After the country's accession to the #AarhusConvention, Welena da Silva of #GuineaBissau shares lessons learned from implementing Env't & Social Impact Assessments, where the principles of the Convention are aimed to be present in every stage, as they aim to accede to #PRTRs protocol.
With #COP30noBrasil also taking place, #UNECE ES Tatiana Molcean underscores the important role of #AarhusConvention & #PRTRs protocol in advancing #ClimateAction & tackling #TriplePlanetaryCrisis globally, as it depends on strong national systems that meaningfully engage people.
During the discussion, high-level panelists provides concrete examples and "the bigger picture" of what the #AarhusConvention and the #PRTRs protocol has contributed not only to the protection of the environment, but the advancement of environmental democracy.
