Stronger ties with the International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant

The International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant (ICMGP) is an international scientific conference convened every two years since 1990. The conference provided scientific evidence throughout the negotiation and development of the Minamata Convention. The Secretariat is strengthening collaboration with ICMGP as part of its sciencepolicy interface. The fifteenth ICMGP, held online in July 2022, is developing synthesis papers as scientific input to global policymaking, to be published as a special issue of the journal Ambio. The Secretariat co-organized online events on the themes of the papers and other topics as part of the mercury science stream of Minamata Online (see below).

The sixteenth ICMGP will be held in July 2024 in Cape Town, South Africa. The Secretariat will continue its cooperation with the ICMGP organizing committees.