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T1 The United Nation’s Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Minamata Convention on Mercury: A comparison for the Coal Combustion Sector
A1 International Energy Agency, 
A1 ARCADIS, 
A2 Sloss, Lesley
A2 Jozewicz, Wojciech
K1 climate change
K1 mercury
K1 combustion
K1 coal
K1 energy consumption
K1 United States
K1 United Kingdom
K1 Health
K1 Industry
K1 Mercury
K1 Natural Resources
YR 2015
FD 2015-05
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/31287
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/31287
NO This report examines the relationship between the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Minamata Convention on Mercury, focusing on emissions from coal combustion. It compares their objectives, legal structures, implementation approaches, and implications for the coal-fired power sector. The document outlines how both conventions aim to reduce harmful emissions, with one addressing greenhouse gases and the other mercury, while relying on different regulatory and technological pathways. It reviews global energy trends, efficiency improvements, emissions control technologies, inventory methods, and financial mechanisms relevant to coal use. The report highlights areas of overlap, potential synergies, and challenges in aligning policies to achieve simultaneous reductions in carbon dioxide and mercury emissions from existing and future power plants.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 19, 2026