Asia-Pacific regional workshop on the reduction of mercury emission from coal combustion

A workshop on the reduction of mercury emissions from coal was held in Hanoi, Viet Nam, from 31 October to 1 November 2019, hosted by the Hanoi University of Natural Resources and Environment. It was held as a joint event between the Secretariat’s capacity building project funded by the European Union and UNEP’s project under the China Trust Fund. It was held back-to-back with a meeting of the Global Mercury Partnership on coal.

The overall objective of the workshop was to exchange information on the efforts to reduce mercury emission from coal, and to identify opportunities and challenges for international cooperation in this area. Experts from China, India, Indonesia, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Viet Nam presented the current situation and future plans on the use of best available techniques and best environmental practices (BAT/BEP), the development of emission inventory, and regulatory approaches for controlling mercury emission in line with the Minamata Convention.

The report of the workshop is available here (English only). Presentations by participants can be downloaded from here (UN document storage).