Opening remarks and scene-setting: ❖ Teeraporn Wiriwutikorn, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Thailand, Co-chair of the Partnership Advisory Group ❖ Zaigham Abbas, Ministry of Climate Change, Pakistan, Co-lead of the Partnership Area on Mercury Releases from the Cement Industry ❖ Best Available Techniques and Best Environmental Practices for reducing mercury emissions under the Minamata Convention, by Eisaku Toda, Minamata Convention Secretariat ❖ Global Cement and Concrete Association Sustainability Guidance for reducing and controlling emissions of mercury compounds in the cement industry, by Volker Hoeing, Association of German cement manufacturers (VDZ) ❖ National perspective from Pakistan, by Zaigham Abbas, Ministry of Climate Change, Pakistan, Co-lead of the Partnership Area on Mercury Releases from the Cement Industry