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international treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Paris Agreement

international agreement from 12 December 2015 within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) dealing with greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, adaptation and finance starting in the year 2020

Ramsar Convention

international treaty for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands

CITES (shorter acronym for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, also known as the Washington Convention) is a multilateral treaty to protect endangered plants and animals from the threats of international trade. It was drafted as a result of a resolution adopted in 1963 at a meeting of members of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The convention was opened for signature in 1973 and CITES entered into force on 1 July 1975.

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

international treaty

Convention on Biological Diversity

international treaty

Montreal Protocol

environmental protocol designed to protect the ozone layer

Basel Convention

international treaty to prevent transfer of hazardous waste from developed to less developed countries

Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

Aarhus Convention

UNECE Convention on Access to Information

International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships

1973 international marine environmental convention

Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats

1979 wildlife and nature protection treaty of the Council of Europe

Escazu Agreement

international treaty signed in 2018

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

International treaty on environmental protection

Nagoya Protocol

global treaty on biological diversity

Bonn Convention

Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer

environmental protocol

Minamata Convention on Mercury

International treaty to reduce releases of mercury

Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds

international treaty for bird conservation

Alpine Convention

The Alpine Convention is an international territorial treaty for the sustainable development of the Alps. The objective of the treaty is to protect the natural environment of the Alps while promoting its development.

Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources

1980 environmental treaty

International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling

international environmental agreement

Environmental Modification Convention

1976 international treaty on environmental modification

Malé Declaration on the Human Dimension of Global Climate Change

declaration by the UN driven human rights community

Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context

Barcelona Convention

1976 multilateral treaty

Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution

Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty

1991 international treaty on environmental regulation in Antartica

Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

GMO-focused international agreement on biosafety

international environmental agreement

treaties and protocols protecting the environment

Agreed Measures for the Conservation of Antarctic Fauna and Flora

set of environmental protection measures

Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area

Environmental treaty

ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution

ASEAN environment agreement

list of international environmental agreements

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international treaty

Copenhagen Accord

international agreement to fight global warming

international treaty aimed at reducing the use of hydrofluorocarbons

Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High Seas

1958 international treaty

Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes

treaty on international riparian and limnological preservation and navigation

Aarhus Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants

Global Pact for the Environment

Multilateral agreement on the environment

Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals

Migratory Bird Treaty

1916 treaty between Canada and the United States

African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

continent-wide agreement signed in 1968 in Algiers

International Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears

international polar bear protection treaty

Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents

Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks

international convention on maritime assistance and salvage

International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-fouling Systems on Ships

International Maritime Organization treaty

International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994

Action for climate empowerment

Article 6 of the Convention's original text (1992), focusing on six priority areas: education, training, public awareness, public participation, public access to information, and international cooperation on these issue

Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea

International organization

Working Environment (Air Pollution, Noise and Vibration) Convention, 1977

International Labour Organization Convention

Convention Relative to the Preservation of Fauna and Flora in their Natural State

1933 environmental treaty