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• Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD)
• United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)
• Global Environment Facility (GEF)
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
• International Maritime Organization (IMO)
• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
• Canada at UNEP
• Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-Based Activities (GPA)
• 3rd Global Ministerial Environment Forum / Seventh special session of the UNEP Governing Council, Cartagena, February 13-15, 2002
• UNEP International Children's Conference on the Environment, May 21-25,2002
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
• Links to Sites External to Environment Canada

Regional Organizations and Activities

Americas (The)

• Commission on Environmental Cooperation (CEC)
• EcoAmericas
• Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research
• International Joint Commission (IJC)
• Health Environment Ministers of the Americas (HEMA)
• Organization of American States (OAS)

Arctic

• Antarctic
• Arctic Council

Multilateral Organizations and Activities

Commonwealth

• Commonwealth Secretariat *

Francophonie

• Organisation internationale de la francophonie *

Others

• G-8
  • G-8 Leaders Summit 2004, Sea Island, Georgia, June 8-10, 2004
  • G-8 Leaders Summit 2003, Evian, June 1-3, 2003
  • G-8 Environment Minister's Meeting, Banff, Alberta, April 12-14, 2002
  • G-8 Environment Minister's Meeting, Trieste, Italy, March 2-4, 2001 - News Releases
• Globe 2004
• Group on Earth Observations
• Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
  • OECD Observer Magazine
• 3rd World Water Forum, Japan, March 16-23, 2003

Non-Governmental Organizations

• International Council for Science (ICSU)
• World Conservation Union (IUCN)

Bilateral Relations

• Brazil · Chile* · China · Costa Rica^†
• Egypt · European Commission · France
• Germany · Hong Kong · India · Korea
• Mexico · Netherlands · Russia · United States

*Off-site link    ^†Link to full text of the Agreement

Multilateral Environmental Agreements

Air

Protocol to the UNECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP) on Heavy Metals Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Montreal Protocol) UNECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP) on Persistent Organic Pollutants United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and Kyoto Protocol Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer

Compendium of International Environmental Agreements Third Edition - 2002

Biodiversity

• Convention on Biological Diversity
• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
• Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar Convention)

Chemicals

• Rotterdam Convention
• Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

Environmental Cooperation

• Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context
• North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC) (Link to The NAAEC Canadian Office.)

Hazardous Waste

• Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
• Canada U.S.A. Agreement on the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste

Oceans

• Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (London Dumping Convention)

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• Canadian Representatives Abroad
• DFAIT - Environmental Commitments
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