The sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP-6), held in Geneva from 3 to 7 November 2025, brought together over 1,000 participants in person and nearly 4,000 online viewers. Parties adopted 22 decisions to advance the Convention’s objective of protecting human health and the environment from mercury pollution.

There is growing evidence that glyphosate, the world’s most widely used weedkiller, carries serious risks for human health and the environment. Even so, in December 2023, the European Union (EU) re-approved its use for another ten years. An international team of journalists found that the chemical industry shapes the very documents on which regulators rely.

A major European study has found that pesticide residues remain widespread in farmland soils and crops, with traces persisting for decades.