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).
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.
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But primary responsibility for the nation's environment rests with the Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA). The U.S. EPA is the only major federal regulatory agency that was created not by an act of Congress, but rather by a Presidential Executive Order.
EPA is called a regulatory agency because Congress authorizes us to write regulations that explain the critical details necessary to implement environmental laws. In addition, a number of Presidential Executive Orders (EOs) play a central role in our activities.
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.
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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 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 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.