The workshop is a joint undertaking with the UN Environment’s project “Implementing Chemicals and Waste Multilateral Environmental Agreements in Asia through Enhancing Understanding and Building Capacity” which targets China, Mongolia, Sri Lanka and Viet Nam. Government officials and experts from other countries are also invited on a self-funded basis. The workshop is also convened in conjunction with a meeting of the coal combustion area of the UN Environment’s Global Mercury Partnership.

The overall objective of this workshop is to support these countries in the implementation of their obligations under the Convention as they relate to mercury emissions from coal combustion, and to contribute to protecting human health and the environment from the dangers of mercury through the reduction of global emissions.