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Multilateral Agreements at the Global and Regional Levels

Multilateral Agreements at the Global Level

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (New York, May 1992)

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Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Kyoto, December 1997)

66 kB

Paris Agreement on Climate (Paris, December 2015)

520 kB

Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar, February 1971)

23 kB

Convention on Biological Diversity (Rio de Janeiro, June 1992)

54 kB

Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (Montreal, January 2000)

316 kB

Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity (Nagoya, October 2010)

491 kB

Kunming-Montreal Global biodiversity framework (Montreal, December 2022)

374 kB

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (December 1979)

66 kB

UN Convention to Combat Desertification in those countries experiencing serious drought and/or desertification, particularly in Africa (Paris, 1994)

124 kB

Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses (New York, 1997)

181 kB

Convention and Statute on the Regime of Navigable Waterways of International Concern (Barcelona, April 1921)

55 kB

Convention relating to the Development of Hydraulic Power affecting more than one State (Geneva, December 1923)

55 kB

UNECE Agreements

Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus, June 1998)

51 kB

Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo, February 1991)

149 kB

Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Helsinki, March 1992)

56 kB

Amendment to the Convention Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (2004)

10 kB

Protocol on Water and Health to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (London, June 1999)

50 kB

Protocol on Civil Liability and Compensation for Damage Caused by the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents on Transboundary Waters to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes and to the 1992 Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents (Kiev, 2003)

331 kB

Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (Geneva 1979)

107 kB

The 1999 Protocol to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone and its 2012 amended version

1,08 MB

The 1998 Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and its 2009 amended version

173 kB

The 1998 Protocol on Heavy Metals and its 2012 amended version

221 kB

The 1994 Protocol on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions

147 kB

The 1991 Protocol concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds or their Transboundary Fluxes

356 kB

The 1988 Protocol concerning the Control of Nitrogen Oxides or their Transboundary Fluxes

318 kB

The 1985 Protocol on the Reduction of Sulphur Emissions or their Transboundary Fluxes by at least 30 per cent

22 kB


The 1984 Protocol on Long-term Financing of the Cooperative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Long-range Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe (EMEP)

120 kB

Other Agreements at the Regional Level

Fundamental Principles for a Global Framework Convention on the Right to Water (2004)

231 kB

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