Environment Related protocols and Treaties
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Index
- What we learn Here
- List of protocols and treaties
- Un conference on Human Environment
- Convention on Migratory Species
- Convection for the Protection of the Ozone Layer
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- COP (Conference of parties includes COP 11, COP 15, COP 17, COP 21 in Brief)
| International Agreements/protocol/treaties | Places |
| UN Conference on Human Environment | 1972 Stockholm
(The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment was held in Stockholm, Sweden from June 5–16 in 1972)
Main Theme/Issue of the Conference :
Protection & improvement of human Environment which affects the well-being of Peoples & Economic development throughout the world
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| Convention on Migratory Species | 1979 Boon (Germany)
Popularly known as Bonn Convention
Theme:
Conserve Terrestrial, Aquatic and Migratory Species.
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| Convection for the Protection of the Ozone Layer | (1985) Vienna (Austria)
Theme :
Protection of Ozone layer
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| Montreal Protocol Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer | (1987) Montreal (Canada)
Theme :
To give effect to/protocols and agreements to safeguard Ozone layer
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| Convection on the Transboundary of movement of Hazardous wastes | (1989) Basel (Switzerland)
Theme :
To prevent Movement of Transboundary of Hazardous wastes
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| United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) | (1992) Rio de Janerio (Brazil)
Known as the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit , Rio Summit, Rio Conference, and Earth Summit
Outcome:
· Agenda 21
· Statement of Forest Principles
· The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
· United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity
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| The Rotterdam Convention | (1998) Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Theme:
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade
It is a multilateral treaty to promote shared responsibilities in relation to importation of hazardous chemicals.
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| The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD),
Known as Rio 2012, Rio+20
| (2012) Rio de Janerio (Brazil)
Theme :
World Summit level summit on Sustainable Development
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| The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources | (2010) Nagoya (Japan)
Theme :
Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity is a 2010
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| Eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 11) was held in Hyderabad | (2012)Hyderabad (India)
Theme:
The United Nations Decade on Biodiversity serves to support and promote implementation of the objectives of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity and the Aichi Biodiversity Targets
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| The 20th session of the Conference of the Parties and
10th session of the Conference of the Parties
| (2014) Lima (Peru : western south America)
Theme:
Prolonged Discussions on different protocols
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| COP 21 Paris Climate conference | 2015 also known as the 2015 Paris Climate
Theme :
To achieve legally binding and universal agreements on climate with aim keeping global warming below 2 Degrees
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Conferences of Parties (COP)
(The main objective of the annual Conference of Parties (COP) is to review the Convention’s implementation.)
- 1st COP in Berlin -1995
- Next important one is COP3 outcome: Kyoto Protocol was adopted
- COP11 outcome: Montreal Action Plan was produced
- COP15 in Copenhagen outcome: Agreement to success Kyoto Protocol
- COP17 in Durban outcome: Green Climate Fund was created
- COP21 (in 2015) also known as the 2015 Paris Climate Conference meeting after 20 years – Aim to achieve a legally binding and universal agreement on climate, with the aim of keeping global warming below 2°C)
Source:: upscdictionary
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