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A variety of supranational environmental agencies, commissions, programs and secretariats exist across the world today. Some are global in nature, others regional; they may be multi- or bilateral in character. Some are responsible for broad areas of environmental policy, regulation and implementation; others for very specific issue areas. This article lists notable supranational environmental agencies, by region.
Global[edit]
United Nations[edit]
- Food and Agriculture Organization
- Global Environment Facility
- United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
- United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Secretariat
- United Nations Environment Programme
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat
- World Meteorological Organization
Other[edit]
- Alliance of Small Island States
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
- International Carbon Action Partnership
- International Tropical Timber Organization
- International Union for Conservation of Nature
- International Whaling Commission
- North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission
- OECD Environment Directorate
- World Nature Organization
Africa[edit]
Americas and Caribbean[edit]
- Comissão de Integração Nacional, Desenvolvimento Regional e da Amazônia - CINDRA, Brazil
- Commission for Environmental Cooperation, operating under the North American Free Trade Agreement
- The Forum of Ministers of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean, part of UNEP's Regional office in Latin America and the Caribbean
- International Joint Commission, prevents and resolves disputes about the use and quality of boundary waters on the Canada–US border.[1]
Antarctica[edit]
Asia[edit]
- ASEAN Wildlife Enforcement Network
- International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR)
- Mekong River Commission
- Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA)
Europe[edit]
European Union[edit]
Other[edit]
- Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (HELCOM)
- Mediterranean Science Commission (CIESM)
- International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
- European Forest Institute
- International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River
- Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe
Oceania[edit]
See also[edit]
- List of agriculture ministries
- List of environmental ministries
- List of environmental organizations
- List of forestry ministries
- List of intergovernmental organizations
- List of international environmental agreements
- Supranational union
References[edit]
- ^ "Home | International Joint Commission". ijc.org. Retrieved 2024-04-12.