Course on Compliance with and Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements

These materials provide an important resource for a university-level course on MEAs, prepared by the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law and UNEP.

On this page, you will find the fourteen (14) units of the course, all available in downloadable PowerPoint formats. The first unit provides an introductory world atlas, and the following units comprise the course. There is also a lecturer’s manual, designed for instructors.

• Lecturer's Manual - Course on Compliance with and Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements
• Unit 1 - One Planet Many People -- Atlas of Our Changing Environment
• Unit 2 - Negotiation of Multilateral Environmental Agreements - MEAs
• Unit 3 - Role Playing Exercise for Participation in Negotiations (You can access the full set of materials for role play)
• Unit 4 - Implementation of MEAs
• Unit 5 - Compliance Processes
• Unit 6 - Responses to Non-Compliance
• Unit 7 - Synergies and Linkages in Compliance and Enforcement
• Unit 8 - Introduction to National Approaches of Environmental Implementation and Enforcement
• Unit 9 - Implementation of MEAs in National Law
• Unit 10 - Institutional Frameworks
• Unit 11 - Tailoring Enforcement Mechanisms
• Unit 12 - The Role of the Public
• Unit 13 - Public Education and Working with the Media
• Unit 14 - Case Studies on National Institutions and Processes -- Biodiversity and Climate Change Conventions