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Auditing the Implementation of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs): A Primer for Auditors

… public transportation systems in order to reduce vehicle emissions, congestion in cities and the health problems … the ozone layer by taking  measures to control global  emissions of substances  that deplete it. Its definitive  … tify the key themes and lessons learned from the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), and the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean …
21 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

Glossary of terms for negotiators of multilateral environmental agreements

… draft recommendation, or draft resolution). Anthropogenic emissions Greenhouse-gas emissions resulting from human activities, under the UNFCCC. … e.g., implement MEAs. Carbon Market A popular term for a trading system through which countries may buy or sell units …
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MEA Negotiator’s Handbook

… number of States required depended in part upon aggregate emissions of specifi ed gases (see also Provisional … exceptions, including eligibility to participate in the trading/ project mechanisms of the Kyoto Protocol, and trade … the Montreal and Kyoto Protocol s, with their time-bound emissions limitation targets, and as a result of the …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Overview of key operational articles under the Minamata Convention on Mercury

… 11 ARTICLE 8 - EMISSIONS … in Annex B is required:  to take measures to address emissions and releases of mercury or mercury compounds from … is one of the largest mercury-using sectors and source of emissions to the environment. It is not regulated under … compounds in such mining and processing, as well as the emissions and releases to the environment of mercury from …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Compliance-Related Texts and Decisions of Selected Multilateral Environmental Agreements

… information exchange on technologies for reducing emissions of ozone-depleting substances, alternatives to the … on the environmental effects of controlled substances emissions and other substances that deplete the ozone layer; … documentation from either the requesting Party or its trading partners; b. Copies of surveys and survey reports; c. …
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Implementation of key operational articles of the Minamata Convention

… 6) • Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (Article 7) • Emissions and releases (Article 8 and Article 9) • Mercury … processes listed in Annex B shall take measures to address emissions and releases, report, and endeavour to identify … the use of mercury and mercury compounds in, and the emissions and releases to the environment of mercury from, …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Handbook for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

… to modify the ozone layer, Recognizing that world-wide emissions of certain substances can significantly deplete and … Conscious of the potential climatic effects of emissions of these substances, Aware that measures taken to … 2. Mindful that this situation prevents Kazakhstan from trading in ozone-depleting substances, and particularly in …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Convention text of the Minamata Convention on Mercury

… were urged to adopt goals for the reduction of mercury emissions and releases and UNEP initiated technical … human health and the environment from anthropogenic emissions and releases of mercury and mercury compounds and … The text of the Convention includes separate articles on emissions and releases of mercury, with controls directed at …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Manual of Compliance with and Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements

… 422 Emissions Trading Programmes … (EMEP); n the 1985 Protocol on the Reduction of Sulphur Emissions or their Transboundary Fluxes by at least 30 per … forfeiting access to mechanisms such as emissions trading, and/or reductions in future allocations of allowable …
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Ozone Depletion - Chapter 9 - UNEP Training Manual on International Environmental Law

… ozone is a result of chemical reactions involving emissions from vehicles, industrial pollution and sunlight. … ozone layer. The Montreal Protocol has also avoided the emissions of greenhouse gas equivalent to more than 135 … Ozone Secretariat, tThe Montreal Protocol has avoided the emissions of greenhouse gas equivalent to more than 135 …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere