Aarhus Convention Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters, Aarhus, 1998 Espoo Convention Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context, Espoo, 1991 Atmosphere
Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP), Geneva, 1979 Environmental Protection: Aircraft Engine Emissions, Annex 16, vol. 2 to the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation , Montreal, 1981 Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), New York, 1992, including the Kyoto Protocol , 1997, and the Paris Agreement , 2015 Georgia Basin-Puget Sound International Airshed Strategy, Vancouver, Statement of Intent, 2002 [ 8] U.S.-Canada Air Quality Agreement (bilateral U.S.-Canadian agreement on acid rain ), 1986 Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer , Vienna, 1985, including the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer , Montreal, 1987
Hazardous substances
Convention on Civil Liability for Damage Caused during Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road, Rail, and Inland Navigation Vessels (CRTD), Geneva, 1989 Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal , Basel, 1989 Convention on the Ban of the Import into Africa and the Control of Transboundary Movements and Management of Hazardous Wastes Within Africa , Bamako, 1991 Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade , Rotterdam, 1998 Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents , Helsinki, 1992 European Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways (AND), Geneva, 2000 European Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR), Geneva, 1957 FAO International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides , Rome, 1985 Minamata Convention on Mercury , Minamata , 2013 Stockholm Convention Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants Stockholm, 2001 Convention to Ban the Importation into Forum Island Countries of Hazardous and Radioactive Wastes and to Control the Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes within the South Pacific Region , Waigani, 1995
Marine environment – global conventions Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (London Convention), London, 1972 International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships , 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL 73/78), London, 1973 and 1978 International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil , London, 1954, 1962 and 1969 International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage (CLC), Brussels, 1969, 1976,1984 and 1992 International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage (FUND)1971 and 1992, Brussels, 1971/1992 International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea (HNS), London, 1996 International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation (OPRC), London, 1990 International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties Intervention Convention , Brussels, 1969 Protocol on Preparedness, Response and Co-operation to Pollution Incidents by Hazardous and Noxious Substances OPRC-HNS Protocol , London, 2000 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea LOS Convention , Montego Bay, 1982 Marine environment – regional conventions Convention for Co-operation in the Protection and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the West and Central African Region , Abidjan, 1981 Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment and Coastal Region of the Mediterranean Sea Barcelona Convention , Barcelona, 1976 Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region , Cartagena de Indias, 1983 Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Eastern African Region (Nairobi Convention) , Nairobi, 1985 Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and Coastal Area of the South-east Pacific , Lima, 1981 Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-east Atlantic OSPAR Convention , Paris, 1992 Convention for the Protection of the Natural Resources and Environment of the South Pacific Region , Nouméa, 1986 Convention on the Protection of the Black Sea against Pollution , Bucharest, 1992 Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area Helsinki Convention (HELCOM), Helsinki, 1974, 1992 Conventions within the UNEP Regional Seas Programme Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea Kuwait Regional Convention for Co-operation on the Protection of the Marine Environment from Pollution , Kuwait, 1978 Regional Convention for the Conservation of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden Environment , Jeddah, 1982 Marine living resources Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans in the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and contiguous Atlantic area (ACCOBAMS), Monaco, 1996 Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic, North East Atlantic, Irish and North Seas (ASCOBANS), New York, 1992 Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), Canberra, 1980 Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), Bonn, 1979 International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), Rio de Janeiro, 1966 International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW), Washington, 1946 Nature conservation and terrestrial living resources Antarctic Treaty , Washington, DC, 1959 Amazon Cooperation Treaty , Brasilia, 1978 Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Nairobi, 1992 Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), Bonn, 1979 Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES), Washington, DC, 1973 Organization of American States Convention on Nature Protection and Wild Life Preservation in the Western Hemisphere, Washington, DC, 1940 [ 9] United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Paris, 1994 Food and Agriculture Organization International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources, Rome, 1983 International Tropical Timber Agreement (ITTA), Geneva, 1994 Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Birds of Prey in Africa and Eurasia (Raptors MoU) Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (a.k.a. the Convention on Wetlands), Ramsar, 1971 UNESCO Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (a.k.a. the World Heritage Convention), Paris, 1972 Nuclear safety Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty , 1996 Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency (Assistance Convention), Vienna, 1986 Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident (Notification Convention), Vienna, 1986 Convention on Nuclear Safety , Vienna, 1994 Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space, and Under Water Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage , Vienna, 1963