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Pressure for global binding mercury treaty rising

ENDS Europe
Friday 6 February 2009

Calls for a legally binding global treaty to tackle mercury pollution are intensifying ahead of crucial talks on the issue at a UN meeting in Nairobi on 16 February. A group of NGOs has claimed emissions in some areas are much higher than official estimates.

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The Danish government presents the programme of the Danish Presidency of the Council of the European Union ‘Europe at work'

Denmark took over the presidency of the EU on 1 January.

Read ENDS article on its provisional agenda of meetings

See also its website and full programme of work officially presented on 6 January