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• Brief Introduction of MEA’s • History of MEA’s• Milestones of MEA’s • Objectives of MEA’s• Main clusters- Scope of MEA’s• Implementation of MEA’s• MEA’s ratified by Pakistan • Conclusion
What are Multilateral Environmental Agreements? (MEAs)
• They have a goal of environmental protection (sustainable development);
• They take measures to remedy, mitigate or otherwise deal with global and/or regional environmental concerns;
• The best known MEA are those that deals with global problems,
Objectives of MEAs
• To Protecting Public Health and the Environment• To ensure global sustainability • Solidarity• Financial Assistance• Confining Environmental Problems
History Of MEAs
• Sweden first suggested to ECOSOC in 1968 the idea of having a UN conference to focus on human interactions with the environment
• ECOSOC passed resolution 1346 supporting the idea.
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Milestones in the evolution of MEAs
• Stockholm Conference on the Human Development (1972):– first attempt to address inter-relationships of environment and
development at global level – established the United National Environmental Program (UNEP)– accelerated development of modern MEAs: more than 60% of
existing MEAs are adopted after Rio
• The 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED): – national and international policies redirected towards integration
of environmental, economic and development objectives– Agenda 21 and Rio Declaration adopted
MAIN CLUSTERSBiodiversity / Land / Seas
MEAs related to protection and conservation of BIODIVERSITY.
MEAs focusing on protecting LAND from “negative altering”.
MEAs relevant to the regional seas & MARINE ENVIRONMENT.
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD);
Others include CITES, CMS, Ramsar Convention on Wetlands etc.
UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD);
3 Rio Conventions linked to climate change and biodiversity.
17 Regional Seas Conventions;
Global Program of Action for the protection of the marine environment from land-based activities (GPA).
MAIN CLUSTERSAtmosphere / Wastes & chemicals
MEAs aimed at protection of the ATMOSPHERE from pollutants.
Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer;UNFCCC (UN Framework Convention on Climate Change) and the linked Kyoto Protocol.
MEAs dealing with hazardous WASTES & CHEMICAL pollution. Basel Convention on the control of trans boundary movement of hazardous wastes and their disposal; Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs).
Implementation of MEAs
• Governments and regional organizations have
taken on a series of international commitments by signing and ratifying MEAs.
• Efforts need to be made to apply these norms and to employ practices that result in environmental improvements
• All MEAs differ in scope and substance. Nevertheless, they tend to be formulated through a similar process that moves through five distinct stages
How an MEA Enters into Force
Pre-negotiation
Negotiation
Adoption and signature
Ratification and accession
Entry into force
How MEAs works
• Implementation of an MEA– a process of converting international commitments and
requirements into national law and policy in order to induce behavioral change of target groups, i.e. those actors causing the problem in question.
• Compliance – refers to whether the countries adhere to the agreement
provisions and undertake implementation measures, including procedural measures (e.g. national reporting)
• Effectiveness – whether a MEAs resolved a problem that caused its creation.
Conclusion:
• MEA’s helps to address the environmental problems being faced by the international community
• MEA’s helps to facilitate achieving sustainable development.
• Many MEA’s ( CBD, UNFCCC, UNCCD) covers environmental aspects ( biodiversity, climate change and land management) to ensure the protection of environment in sustainable way.