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Glossary of terms for negotiators of multilateral environmental agreements
… (CBD). Adaptation Fund Fund established under the Kyoto Protocol to provide support for adaptation projects. ADB … 2) Approval test for projects under the CDM of the Kyoto Protocol. CDM projects are considered additional if they … an existing legal instrument (e.g., treaty, convention, or protocol). 2) A modification to a proposal under negotiation …
Win-win solutions for the climate and the ozone layer
… soon be almost completely phased out under the Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer. HCs – … They will therefore be phased out under the Montreal Protocol over the next several decades. HFCs – Hydrofl … powerful greenhouse gases, they are included in the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. PFCs – Perfl uorocarbons are …
Access to and use of marine genetic resources: understanding the legal framework
… and Marcel Jasparsd With the adoption of the Nagoya Protocol in 2010, an additional legal instrument under the … by the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Nagoya Protocol, focusing specifically on their application to … Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)1 and its Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and …
The Green Customs Guide to Multilateral Environmental Agreements
… of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal * 16 * Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological … Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) * 58 * Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer * 68 * … officers was initiated under CITES and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, and it …
Regional Seas Agreements
… protocols, more than any other region. These are: The Protocol for the Prevention of Pollution by Dumping from … on 12 February 1978. In 1995, it was amended and renamed Protocol for the Prevention and Elimination of Pollution of … at Sea. The amendment has not yet come into force. The Protocol concerning Cooperation in Combating Pollution of the …
Sources of international law (Part I) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… of Treaties 3.1. Terms Treaty Agreement Convention Charter Protocol Declaration 3.2. Treaty Actions Signature … among others, the terms convention, agreement, pact, protocol, charter, statute, covenant, engagement, accord, … http://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/37/a37r007.htm Protocol The term “protocol” is used for agreements less …
Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development - Implementing Sustainable Development - Fifth Edition: Updated text (4th Revision)
… Economic Zone EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EMEP Protocol on a Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of the … levels” . Treaties also reflect this principle . The Protocol for the Protection of the Caspian Sea against … and the judgments of the Inter-American Court of Human 29 Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights …
Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)
… Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions relating to the … Protection of Victims of international Armed Conflicts (Protocol i) … Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Protocol of San Salvador) …