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United Nations General Assembly resolution 62/68, adopted on December 6, 2007, is titled “Transboundary harm from hazardous activities and allocation of loss.” It addresses the prevention and minimization of transboundary harm caused by hazardous activities
The Convention on the Law of the Non-navigational Uses of International Watercourses, also known as the Watercourses Convention, is an international treaty adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1997. It aims to provide
The Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety is an international legal instrument that provides a framework for liability and redress concerning damage caused by living modified organisms
The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization is a supplementary agreement to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). It was adopted on
The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety is an international treaty that was adopted in 2000 as a supplementary agreement to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The CBD is a global environmental agreement that aims to
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is an international treaty that was adopted during the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992. It is often referred to as the Rio Convention or
The Paris Agreement is an international treaty adopted in 2015 under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It aims to combat climate change by limiting global warming to well below 2 degrees
The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty that was adopted in 1997 and entered into force in 2005. It is an extension of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and aims to
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an international environmental treaty that was adopted on May 9, 1992, and entered into force on March 21, 1994. The convention was created in response
The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, also known as the Rio Declaration, was adopted at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June 1992. The
