The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Minamata Convention on Mercury

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Organization: UNDP
Themes: General Info;Minamata Convention;SDGs
Language:  English
Year published: 2015

Supporting countries in their efforts to prepare for and meet their future commitments under the Minamata Convention is an important component of UNDP’s efforts to achieve sustainable, inclusive and resilient human development through the SDGs, which were adopted in September 2015. Some of the key linkages between UNDP’s work in support of the Minamata Convention’s efforts to reduce the use/phase-out of mercury and the SDGs are highlighted. 

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