Environmental Laws - International Agreements

1972 Stockholm Decleration

United Nations Conference of the Human Environment (UNCHE); Regarded as the foundation of modern international law.; First widely accepted international effort to address environmental issues

1983 UN World Commission on Environment and Development (WECED)

(1987) WCED Report: Our Common Future; Sustainable Development - Development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of the future to meet its needs

1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development

Largest Earth Summit; Rio Declaration; Agenda 21

Rio Declaration

nA set of 27 principles for sustainable development that emerged from the 1992 Earth Summit, a UN Conference of 172 nations and 2,400 NGOs held in Rio de Janeiro. "Environmental Bill of Rights"

Agenda 21

International plan of action to sustainable development; Outlines key policies for achieving sustainable development and recognises the limit of development; Statement of Principles for the Sustainable Management of Forests

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Agent

Sets an overall framework for intergovernmental efforts to tackle the challenge posed by climate change; Kyoto Protocol to Global Climate Change Convention

Kyoto Protocol (1997)

Legally binds developed countries to emission reduction targets