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MERCURY – ACTING NOW!
Countries that have used, or been
trained to use, the UNEP Toolkit to
develop national inventories
!
Key messages
• Assessment and inventories help focus attention
on key issues at global and national level
• Consistent inventory information facilitates
compilation of needs at the global level
UNEP has developed and deployed tools that enable rapid assessment of the key sources of emissions and releases at the national level. Toolkit for Identification and Quantification of Mercury Releases, UNEP 2013.Partners contributed to the development of the
2013 UNEP Global Mercury Assessment by:
• Providing scientific information and
knowledge to the summary report
• Developing sections of the technical
background report
Global Mercury Assessment 2013: Sources,
Emissions, Releases and Environmental
Transport, UNEP 2013 (left) and Technical
Background Report for the Global Mercury
Assessment 2013, UNEP 2013 (right).