International & Regional
Treaties & Agreements
Basic
- Agenda 21: Programme of Action for Sustainable Development
- Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal
- Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage 23 November 1972
- Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters
- Convention on Biological Diversity
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
- Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
- Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar)
- Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment
- Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
- Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
- Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
- Stockholm Declaration
- United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
- United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC)
- Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer
- World Charter for Nature
Disaster Assistance
- Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters
- Inter-American Convention to Facilitate Disaster Assistance
Ocean & Marine Resources
- Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
- Agreement for the Establishment of the Indo-Pacific Fisheries Council
- Agreement Instituting the Latin American Organization for Fisheries Development
Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas - Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a Framework for Community Action in the Field of Water Policy
Convention for the Conservation of Anadromous Stocks in the North Pacific Ocean
Convention for the Conservation of Salmon in the North Atlantic
Convention for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna - Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution from Land-Based Sources
- Convention for the Prohibition of Fishing with Long Driftnets in the South Pacific
- Convention for the Strengthening of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission Established by the 1949 Convention between the United States of America and the Republic of Costa Rica
- International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
- International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
Pollution
- Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
- Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution from Land-Based Sources
- Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area, 1992
- International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
- International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage
- International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage
- Protocol of 1992 to amend the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage of 29 November 1969
- Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
Transboundry (Air and Water)
- Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes
- North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation
Forestry
Hazardous and Nuclear Materials
- Convention on Nuclear Safety
- Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy
- Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade
- European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR)
- Protocol on Liability and Compensation for Damage Resulting from Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal
Arctic & Polar Regions
- Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals (1972)
- Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Russian Federation on the Conservation and Management of the Alaska-Chukotka Polar Bear Population
- Agreement on Conservation of Polar Bears
- Antarctic Treaty
- Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
- Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
- Handbook of the Antarctic Treaty System
Other
- Protocol on Water and Health to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes
- Framework Convention on the Protection and Sustainable Development of the Carpathians
Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques - Energy Charter Treaty
- List of 464 treaties relating to environment
- UN Treaty Collection
United Nations Agencies
- United Nations home page
- Climate Neutral Network
- Global Environment Facility
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- International Court of Justice
- International Law Commission
- International Maritime Organization
- International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
- Ozone Secretariat
- Protection of the Human Environment (WHO)
- Secretariat of the Basel Convention
- Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
- UN Commission on Sustainable Development
- UN Development Programme
- UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
- UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
- UN Environment Programme
- UN Environmental Law Program
- UN Food and Agricultural Organization
- UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
- UN Principles for Responsible Investment
- UN Sustainable Development Site
Other International Bodies
- North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation
- Organization of American States - Unit for Sustainable Development and Environment
- Arctic Council
EU/EC
- European Environment Agency
- European Union - Environment
- European Environmental Advisory Councils Network (Arm’s length)
- European Commission: Environment
- Eurocities (network of major European cities)
Economic Institutions & Industry Associations
- African Development Bank
- Asian Development Bank
- Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- European Investment Bank (EIB)
- Inter-American Development Bank
- International Fund for Agricultural Development
- International Monetary Fund
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development: Environment Directorate
- World Bank
- World Business Council for Sustainable Development
- World Trade Organization (WTO)
Non-Governmental Organizations
- Center for International Climate and Environmental Research
- Centre for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
- Conservation International
- Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network
- EarthJustice
- EnviroLink
- Environmental Defense
- Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide
- Environmental Law Institute
- Environmental Organization Web Directory
- European Nature Conservation Organizations
- Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development
- Friends of the Earth International
- Friends of the Earth International
- Globelaw: International Environmental and Transnational Law
- GreenNet
- Greenpeace International
- Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
- International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
- International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives
- International Environmental Law Research Centre
- International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
- International Water Law Project
- IUCN - The World Conservation Union home page
- IUCN Environmental Law Programme
- World Conservation Union (IUCN) Commission on Environmental Law
- National Wildlife Federation
- Sierra Club
- Sustainable Development Institute
- The Nature Conservancy
- World Resources Institute
- World Wide Fund for Nature (Global Network)
