The Paris Agreement is a legally binding international treaty on climate change. It was adopted by 196 Parties at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris, France, on 12 December 2015. It entered into force on 4 November 2016.
The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer is the landmark multilateral environmental agreement that regulates the production and consumption of nearly 100 man-made chemicals referred to as ozone depleting substances (ODS).
Minamata Convention It is an international environmental treaty intended to protect health and the environment from the adverse effects of mercury. It was adopted in 2013.
Numerous conventions followed, such as the Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Kyoto Protocol, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Waste and the Stockholm Convention on ...
What are some examples of international environmental agreements? Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) ... Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) ... Kyoto Protocol. The Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer. Paris Agreement. World Heritage Convention.
The United Nations Charter (1945) is both a multilateral treaty and the constituent instrument of the United Nations. An example of a regional agreement that operates as a constituent agreement is the charter of the Organization of American States (Charter of Bogotá), which established the organization in 1948.
Some, like the 1971 Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, the 1980 Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources and the 1992 Convention on Biodiversity, explicitly adopt ecosystems management approaches; even the larger number focused on a particular problem define that problem in ecological terms and ...
International environmental agreements (IEAs) are treaties negotiated, signed, and ratified by individual nation-states to address transboundary environmental issues. This article provides an overview of the recent state of the art in the domain of the political economy of the formation of IEAs.
Convention on Biodiversity and the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. Minamata Negotiations on Mercury. Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.