Course overview
Welcome to The Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions and their linkages with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) course!
The overall aim of the course is to guide Parties of each Convention, so they have the knowledge and an improved understanding of how implementing these global agreements contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
- Describe the importance and benefits that implementing the Conventions brings for protection of human health and the environment.
- Understand the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions.
- Describe who the key actors are in each Convention and their roles.
- Discuss the key legal provisions under each Convention that are related to the Sustainable Development Goals.
- Explain why collecting and submitting specific information by Parties to each of the three Conventions is critical to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
- Discuss how each Convention contributes to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.