Oxford LibGuides: Environmental Law: Treaties (MEAs/IEAs)

Treaties & internationally agreed policy statements

Access information on Multilateral Environmental Agreements (InforMEA)
Open Access. InforMEA is the United Nations Information Portal on Multilateral Environmental Agreements. It is a one-stop portal for information on Multilateral Environmental Agreements – or MEAs - searchable by key terms across treaty texts, COP decisions, national plans and reports, laws, court decisions and more.

MEAs = multilateral environmental agreements
IEAs =international environmental agreements

Status of Multi-lateral treaties relating to Envirnonmental law
Part of UN Treaties official website: MTDSG. Drill down by name of treaty/convention to see details of EIF, signatories, ratifications details etc.
Council of Europe (Treaty Office)
Find Conventions on environmental issues by using the subject search facility provided by the Council of Europe Treaty Office http://conventions.coe.int/
International Environmental Agreements (IEA) Database Project (c) Ronald B. Mitchell and the IEA Database Project, 2002-2016. Main menu HomeQuickStart GuideAgreementsCountry MembershipsExternal DatasetsIEA-Related Indicator Datasets
Maintained by the University of Oregon.
ENTRI: Environmental treaties and resource indicators
Free resource, from Columbia University: "a fast, convenient, comprehensive online service for accessing multilateral environmental treaty data. Find status data for environmental treaties, treaty text and other related information easily. Construct custom tables by selecting countries and treaties of interest to you."
UNECE : Environmental Treaties (MEAs)
Official website UNECE has negotiated five environmental conventions, also known as multilateral environmental agreements or MEAs, all of which are now in force. See more
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Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution
Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context
Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes
Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents
Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters
UNEP: Environmental Rights and Governanec
Section of official website
Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB)
The Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) is a balanced, timely and independent reporting service on United Nations environment and development negotiations. It is the flagship publication of the International Institute for Sustainable Development – Reporting Services Division (IISD-RS). IISD is a non-profit organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Climate Change

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
1771 UNTS 107; S. Treaty Doc No. 102-38; U.N. Doc. A/AC.237/18 (Part II)/Add.1; 31 ILM 849 (1992)
Paris Agreement
EIF: 4 November 2016, in accordance with article 21(1).
Katowice climate package
UNFCCC: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Official website
Committee on Climate Change (UK)
Official website of the Committee on Climate Change (the CCC) an independent, statutory body established under the UK Climate Change Act 2008 "to advise the UK Government and Devolved Administrations on emissions targets and report to Parliament on progress made in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and preparing for climate change."
Global Warming: A Research Guide to the U.S. Approach to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol
Free resource. Part of the Globalex online guides Byy Deborah Paulus- Jagrič & updated by Heidi Frostestad Kuehl

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Wetlands, watercourses etc

Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat
Open access. Aka Ramsar Convention. 2.2.1971
as amended by the Protocol of 3.12.1982
and the Amendments of 28.5.1987
Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (1992)
aka Water Convention. The UNECE-WHO/Europe Protocol on Water and Health aims to protect human health by better water management and by reducing water-related diseases. The Protocol provides a framework to translate into practice the human rights to water and sanitation and to implement SDG 6.

Initially negotiated as a regional instrument, it has been amended to become universally available. As of March 2016, all Member States can accede to the Convention.
Protocol on Water & Health to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (1999)
Articles on the Law of Transboundary Aquifers
were adopted by the International Law Commission at its sixtieth session, in 2008. The General Assembly took note of the Draft Articles at its sixty-third session, in the same year.

Some texts on topic

Elgar encyclopedia of environmental law by Series editor: Michael Faure
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link
ISBN: 9781786436986
Publication Date: 12 volumes, published between 2016-2023
Volume V: Multilateral Environmental Treaties
The Aarhus Convention : towards environmental solidarisation by Emily Barrit
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link
ISBN: 9781509915293
Publication Date: 2020
The Paris Agreement on Climate Change by Daniel Klein (Editor); María Pía Carazo (Editor); Meinhard Doelle (Editor); Jane Bulmer (Editor); Andrew Higham (Editor)
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link.
ISBN: 0198789335
Publication Date: 2017
Print copy is at Internat 610 K63.9a
Authority and Legitimacy of Environmental Post-Treaty Rules by Tim Staal
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link.
ISBN: 9781509925568
Publication Date: 2019
Science-Based Lawmaking : how to effectively integrate science in international environmental law by Dionysia-Theodora Avgerinopoulou
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link.
ISBN: 9783030214197
Publication Date: 2020