I would be remiss if I did not include the U.N. Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Minamata Convention here. While not directly a climate treaty, its scope could have significant impacts on global GHG emissions. Minamata regulates mercury, a potent neurotoxin and pollutant that moves around the world in the air, in water and as a commodity. The agreement controls the mining of mercury; regulates trade in mercury across borders; phases out the use of mercury in household products from batteries to skin creams; reduces its use in processes like small-scale artisanal gold mining; and presents a timetable to stop airborne emissions of mercury from sources like coal-fired power plants, industrial boilers, cement plants, waste incinerators and industrial smelting processes for gold, lead, zinc and copper.
https://www.nrdc.org/experts/amanda-maxwell/latin-america-international-climate-treaties
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