December 15-16, 2020 will be held online the eleventh meeting of UNEP Global Mercury Partnership Advisory Group. The meeting will be co-chaired by Rodges Ankrah (Environmental Protection Agency, U.S.), and Teeraporn Wiriwutikorn (Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Thailand). It will represents an opportunity to review recent activities of the Partnership and its Partnership Areas; exchange on future priorities; discuss progress and next steps for the work on mercury from non-ferrous mining and smelting […]

On the 3rd and 4th of December there will be the annual online ERA-PLANET project meeting. ERA-PLANET is the European network for sharing Big Data generated by in situ or satellite platforms in order to reinforce the European Research Space in the Earth observation sector. The first day will be opened by a welcome from Jean Dusart (European Commission) and Nicola Pirrone (CNR), then continue with a brief excursion about […]

With the publication on Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica italiana Italy has formally ratified the Convention and becoming the 125th Party to the Convention. It will therefore participate to the COP 4 at the Nusa Dua Convention Centre, Bali, from 1 to 5 November 2021 as Party.

The Italian Senate ratified the Minamata Convention on Mercury (DDL S. 1171 (http://www.senato.it/leg/18/BGT/Schede/Ddliter/51523.htm). The ratification of the Minamata Convention by the Italian Parliament is very much welcomed by the scientists of the Institute on Atmospheric Pollution of the CNR (CNR-IIA) who in the last 20 years have coordinated important research projects funded by the European […]

The kick-off workshop of the GOS4M GEO Flagship will be held online on October 7 and 8. The virtual kick-off workshop will convene major scientific experts on mercury monitoring and will be opened by Monika Stankiewicz, Executive Secretary of the Minamata Convention on Mercury and Gilberto Camara, Director of the GEO Secretariat. The workshop will officially […]

GEO published a blog on the support of GOS4M to the Minamata Convention activities. The GEO Secretariat delivered a statement to the Plenary of the Conference of Parties of the Minamata Covention on mercury, calling for an engagement with and support of the GEO Flagship, Global Observation System for Mercury (GOS4M).  Read more here.

The third meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP3) will take place from 25 to 29 November 2019 at the International Conference Centre in Geneva, Switzerland. More info

The tenth meeting of the Global Mercury Partnership Advisory Group will take place on Saturday, 23 November 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland, back to back with the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention and its preceding preparatory meetings, which will be held from 24 to 29 November 2019. More info

The international Earth observation data community is invited to join the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) in Beijing, China for GEO Data and Knowledge Week 2020. For the first time ever, the GEO Data Providers Workshop and GEO Data Technology Workshop will take place together in a new format as a single event: GEO Data […]

Under the theme “Earth observations: investments in the digital economy,” Ministers from GEO’s 105 Member governments will gather on 7-8 November 2019 for a roundtable discussion, dinner and Ministerial Summit to discuss the integration of Earth observation data into the broader digital economy – critical for sustained, inclusive, economic growth. The GEO-XVI 2019 Plenary meeting […]