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Goals, declarations and strategic plans

Global goals

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), officially known as Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, are an intergovernmental set of aspiration Goals with 169 targets.

 

                                                                   

The Aichi Biodiversity Targets were included in the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity for the 2011-2020 period adopted by the 10th meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity

GEGs are internationally agreed environmental goals and objectives drawn from existing international treaties and non-legally binding instruments

Multilateral Environment Agreements Strategic Plans

Chemicals and Waste
Global
Glossary term(s):
chemical, environmental impact assessment, hazardous waste, illegal trade, labelling, pesticide, risk assessment, waste, waste export, waste management
Biological diversity
Land and Agriculture
Global
Glossary term(s):
agrobiodiversity, biosafety, biotechnology, genetic resource, genetically modified organism, health, illegal trade, import, information exchange, living modified organism, prior informed consent
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Biological diversity
Global
Glossary term(s):
access and benefit sharing, access to genetic resources, agrobiodiversity, genetic resource, jurisprudence, sustainable development
Biological diversity
Global
Glossary term(s):
agrobiodiversity, conservation, endangered species, illegal trade, national focal point, species, sustainable use, trade
Biological diversity
Global
Glossary term(s):
appendix, Economy, endangered species, migratory species, species
Biological diversity
Land and Agriculture
Global
Glossary term(s):
disease, plant protection
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Biological diversity
Land and Agriculture
Global
Glossary term(s):
access and benefit sharing, food, food security, genetic resource, genetic resource for food and agriculture, mutually agreed term, plant genetic resource
Biological diversity
Land and Agriculture
Global
Glossary term(s):
access and benefit sharing, access to genetic resources, benefit sharing, fund, indigenous peoples, information exchange, sustainable use
Biological diversity
Land and Agriculture
Marine and Freshwater
Global
Glossary term(s):
RAMSAR site, water resources management, wetland
Biological diversity
Land and Agriculture
Global
Glossary term(s):
climate change, desertification, developing country, erosion, land, land degradation, semi-arid ecosystem, sub-humid ecosystem
WHC
Biological diversity
Marine and Freshwater
Land and Agriculture
Global
Glossary term(s):
acceptance, accession, advisory body, amendment, amendment procedure, annex, budget, capacity building, Conference of the Parties, conservation, cultural heritage, depository, disaster, ecosystem management, exemption, financial mechanism, fund, governing body, international cooperation, national law, national report, national strategy, non-governmental organization, observer, private sector, protected area, public awareness, ratification, Rules of Procedure, science, sovereignty, subsidiary body, sustainable tourism, sustainable use, technology, technology transfer, trade

Declarations and Principles

Jun
12
2012
12 Jun 2012 to 22 Jun 2012
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Declaration
Sep
14
2005
14 Sep 2005 to 16 Sep 2005
Declaration
Aug
26
2002
26 Aug 2002 to 4 Sep 2002
Johannesburg, South Africa
Declaration
Sep
6
2000
6 Sep 2000 to 8 Sep 2000
New York
Declaration
Jun
3
1992
3 Jun 1992 to 14 Jun 1992
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Declaration
Jun
6
1972