The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea lays down a comprehensive regime of law and order in the world's oceans and seas establishing rules governing all uses of the oceans and their resources. It enshrines the notion...
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The Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) was adopted in Helsinki in 1992 and entered into force in 1996. Almost all countries sharing transboundary waters in...
The Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High Seas is an agreement that was designed to solve through international cooperation the problems involved in the conservation of living resources of the high...
This brochure provides a brief summary of the Guidelines No 6: Integrating the environment and climate change into EU international cooperation and development: Towards sustainable development.
The Convention’s mission is “the conservation and wise use of all wetlands through local and national actions and international cooperation, as a contribution towards achieving sustainable development throughout the world”...
This Convention was established in 1946, making it one of the first pieces of international environmental legislation. The International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling is the legal framework of the International Whaling...
The GCCA+ flagship initiative has undergone over the last months a thorough independent global evaluation. The final report is now available. It will be used to refine and strengthen the GCCA+ action over the coming years. A...
Release Date: 21 February 2011 UNEP's Green Economy report is a ground-breaking report. It demonstrates that the greening of economies is not generally a drag on growth but rather a new engine of growth; that it is a net generator...
The Global Opportunity Report 2015 aims to show how five major global risks to building a sustainable and prosperous society (the lack of fresh water, unsustainable urbanization, continued lock-in to fossil fuels, the rise in non...
The Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals (CCAS) is part of Antarctic Treaty System. Although CCAS is an independent agreement, it contains provisions committing its Parties to essential parts of the Antarctic Treaty...