Environmental agreements

There are numerous international environmental agreements made to protect the environment in different ways. Many of these are legally binding.

One of the most well-known proposed agreements, the Kyoto protocol, is not legally binding as of 2001, because not enough countries have ratified it.

International environmental agreements include:

The Alpine Convention together with ist nine protocols

• Antarctic Treaty
  • Agreed Measures for the Conservation of Antarctic Fauna and Flora
  • Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals
  • Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
  • Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
• Basel Convention
• Convention on Biological Diversity
• Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High Seas
• Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
  • Nitrogen Oxide Protocol
  • POP Air Pollution Protocol
  • Sulphur Emissions Reduction Protocol
  • Volatile Organic Compounds Protocol
• Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats
• Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
• Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna
• Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping Wastes and Other Matter
• Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques
• Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially As Waterfowl Habitat
• International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
• International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
• International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
• International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983 (expired)
• International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994
• Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer
• North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation
• Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space, and Under Water
• United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
• United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

See also

• List of treaties
• Kyoto Protocol - proposed by IPCC, but not in force
• Environmental organizations
• International environmental law