Environmental Governance
Definition(s)
Range of procedures and actions taken by a state and it's competent authorities to ensure that persons or organizations failing to comply with laws or regulations are brought back into compliance or punished through appropriate action. (Source: Glossary of terms for Negotiators of MEAs, 2007)
Hierarchy
Broader: Environmental Rule of Law
In other languages
French
application
Russian
приведение в исполнение
Spanish
aplicación
Chinese, Simplified
执行
Arabic
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Multilateral environment agreements tagged with enforcement
You can see below a list of multilateral environment agreements. Use the links on the right to
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enforcement. This includes official treaty texts, decisions, recommendations, and other related
informational documents such as publications, annuals, meetings, documents or reports.
Convention on Biological Diversity | 1 article or paragraph | |
Basel Convention | 1 article or paragraph2 decisions84 documents | |
Stockholm Convention | 1 article or paragraph6 documents | |
Montreal Protocol | 1 article or paragraph | |
Cartagena Protocol | 1 article or paragraph | |
Nagoya Protocol | 7 articles and paragraphs | |
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture | 1 article or paragraph | |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change | 2 articles and paragraphs | |
Kyoto Protocol | 6 articles and paragraphs | |
Rotterdam Convention | 3 articles and paragraphs1 document | |
Barcelona Convention | 1 article or paragraph | |
Offshore Protocol | 1 article or paragraph | |
Aarhus Convention | 2 articles and paragraphs | |
Abidjan Convention | 1 article or paragraph | |
Jeddah Convention | 1 article or paragraph | |
United Nations Environment Assembly | 2 decisions |