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- 3. A treaty prohibiting the use of chemical and biological weapons in international armed conflicts.
- 4. an international treaty which extends the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that commits State Parties to reduce greenhouse gases emissions, based on the premise that (a) global warming exists and (b) man-made CO2 emissions have caused it.
- 5. An international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances that are responsible for ozone depletion. It was agreed on 16 September 1987, and entered into force on 1 January 1989, followed by a first meeting in Helsinki, May 1989. As a result of the international agreement, the ozone hole in Antarctica is slowly recovering.
- 6. The mechanism by which 15 Governments & the EU cooperate to protect the marine environment of the North-East Atlantic. It was started in 1972 with the Oslo Convention against dumping and was broadened to cover land-based sources and the offshore industry by the Paris Convention of 1974.
- 8. An international treaty that was designed to reduce the movements of hazardous waste between nations, and specifically to prevent transfer of hazardous waste from developed to less developed countries (LDCs). It does not, however, address the movement of radioactive waste.
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- 1. a comprehensive, umbrella agreement for the protection, management and development of the marine and coastal environment of the South Pacific Region.
- 2. An international territorial treaty for the sustainable development of the Alps. The objective of the treaty is to protect the natural environment of the Alps while promoting its development.
- 7. The mechanism by which nine Governments of the Greater North Sea and its wider approaches, together with the European Union, cooperate in dealing with pollution of the North Sea by oil and other harmful substances.