ISWA proudly hosted the Waste and Resources Pavilion in the Green Zone at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan in 2024.

As the world’s leading network promoting professional and sustainable waste and resource management, The International Solid Waste Association (ISWA), in collaboration with its dedicated members and esteemed partner organisations, proudly carried the voice of this sector to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties 29, better known as the UNFCCC COP 29. Our mission remains clear: to call upon decision-makers worldwide to recognise the Waste and Resource Management sector as a net reducer of GHG emissions towards a low-carbon future.

Pavilion Programme

Week 1
Monday 11 November
14:00 – 15:00 Opening of the ISWA Waste & Resources Pavilion
Wednesday 13 November
11:00 – 12:30 Panel: How should we reflect the waste sector in climate mitigation and adaptation?
14:00 – 15:30 Panel: The impact of management choices on landfills and closing dumpsites
Thursday 14 November
10:30 – 11:30 Social Business as a driver for a just circular economy transition
15:00 – 16:45 Spearheading NDC and waste sector ambitions: Ghana, Senegal and South Africa use climate finance mechanisms
Friday 15 November
10:30 – 12:00 Reducing GHG emissions by diverting waste into energy
Saturday 16 November
11:00 – 12:00 Waste and digitalisation
Week 2
Monday 18 November
10:30 – 12:00 Panel: Making Biogas Happen by 2030
14:00 – 15:00 Sustainable Waste Management: ISWA’s Principles and Guidance for Lasting Change
Tuesday 19 November
11:00 – 12:00 Activating the global youth in ISWA activities: How can civil society participate?
12:30 – 14:00 Panel: Towards a low carbon future – Reducing Food Loss and Waste in World Cities
Wednesday 20 November
10:00 – 11:30 Investing in Impact: Financing transformative action to end open burning in the waste sector
15:00 – 16:30 Panel: Mitigating methane from waste in the Global South – Pathways to COP30 in Belem
Thursday 21 November
10:00 – 11:30 Community of action against plastic pollution: Tackling marine environmental impact in the face of climate change
13:15 – 14:45 Waste policy enablers for transitioning to circular economy and low carbon societies and EPR implementation
15:00 – 16.30 From Rivers to Oceans: Collaborative solutions for clean waterways and waste management

Partners of the Waste and Resources Pavilion at COP29

Recap: ISWA at COP28, 2023

Strategic partners for COP28

Main partners for COP28

Supporting partners for COP28

Recap: ISWA at COP27, 2022

ISWA joined the 27th edition of UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27), held from 6 to 18 November 2022 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. The COP27 summit brings together parties to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Managing Director Marc Tijhuis shares his experience in a blog titled “COP27 waste(d)?“, written for Waste Management World.

In the run up to COP27, ISWA released a revised Declaration on Climate Change as a contribution to the programme.

Highlighting the importance of the considerable cost-effective solutions that the waste and resource management sector can provide towards mitigating greenhouse gases and fighting climate change, this Declaration is endorsed by several ISWA National Members, and reinforces ISWA’s stance as being a proactive leader in the sector, towards positive, global change.

Endorsements from ISWA National Members

Recap: ISWA at COP26, 2021

The 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) took place in Glasgow on 1 – 12 November 2021. ISWA was present in Glasgow representing the waste and resource management sector. 

During an Official Side-Event hosted in partnership with UN-HabitatEngineering X – an international collaboration founded by the UK Royal Academy of Engineering and Lloyd’s Register Foundation, the Climate & Clean Air Coalition (CCAC)The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ)WasteAid, Emory University and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), a panel of speakers shared their expertise and knowledge on the impact of open burning on  climate change and global health.

ISWA President Carlos Silva Filho interviewed for COP TV, live from Glasgow, October 2021.

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