Environmental agreements

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:

• 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
• 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 Wetlands of International Importance Especially As Waterfowl Habitat
• Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques
• 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
• Nitrogen Oxide Protocol
• POP Air Pollution Protocol
• Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
• Sulphur Emissions Reduction Protocol
• 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
• Volatile Organic Compounds Protocol

See also:

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