Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) are international agreements that are intended to promote international cooperation to address global environmental challenges that the world is facing today like climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution and waste.
The Montreal Protocol also makes important contributions to the realization of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Given all of these factors and more, the Montreal Protocol is considered to be one of the most successful environmental agreements of all time.
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.
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 ...
International environmental law has successfully addressed many serious issues. Many harmful chemicals are now controlled, the ozone layer is recovering, and populations of important wildlife species, including whales and sea turtles, are increasing because of international environmental agreements.
Key International Environmental Organisations These organisations play a critical role in addressing issues such as pollution, deforestation, climate change, and wildlife conservation. Some of the prominent international environmental organisations include: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Three such broad functions may be discerned; namely, the development and codification of international law, the establishment of new levels of cooperation and integration between states, and the resolution of actual and potential international conflict.
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.
Examples include: Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal. Convention on Biodiversity and the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.