Adopted at Escazú, Costa Rica, on 4 March 2018, the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean has as its objective to guarantee the full and effective implementation in Latin America and the Caribbean...
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Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean
22/04/2021 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Biodiversity Climate Change Certification Cities Environmental education Energy Environmental assessment GenderEnvironmental Protection and Management Act (No. 10 of 2019)
06/06/2019 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Biodiversity Environmental education Gender Indigenous peoples Pollutant Release Register Antigua and BarbudaThis act seeks to ensure that decisions pertaining to the environment are made in an integrated manner, in collaboration with appropriate authorities, non-governmental organizations and other persons, provides for preventive and remedial measures for the control and mitigation of all forms of...
Green State Development Strategy: Vision 2040
01/05/2019 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Biodiversity Climate Change Certification Environmental education Energy Gender Mining Indigenous peoples GuyanaThe Green State Development Strategy: Vision 2040 is Guyana’s twenty-year, national development policy that reflects the guiding vision and principles of the ‘green agenda’: “An inclusive and prosperous Guyana that provides a good quality of life for all its citizens based on sound education and...
Climate Resilience Act (No. 16 of 2018)
19/12/2018 Rights: Information Participation Topics: Climate Change Gender Indigenous peoples Dominica This Act provides for the establishment of the Climate Resilience Execution Agency of Dominica (CREAD) in order to rebuild Dominica as the first climate resilient nation.
National Climate Change Policy for Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique (2017-2021)
01/11/2017 Rights: Information Participation Topics: Climate Change Gender Grenada The policy aims to achieve an empowered Grenadian population capable of managing the risks from climate change with emphasis on pursuing a low carbon development pathway and building resilience at the individual, community and national levels.
Paris Agreement [Framework Convention on Climate Change]
04/11/2016 Rights: Information Participation Topics: Climate Change Environmental education Gender Indigenous peoplesThe 21st Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 21), held in Paris in 2015, concluded with the adoption of the Decision and the Paris Agreement. The agreement entered into force in November 2016 and will apply as of 2020.
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
16/05/2004 Rights: Information Participation Topics: Environmental education Gender Pollutant Release RegisterThe Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants came into force in 2004. It aims to protect human health and the environment from Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs).
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa
26/12/1996 Rights: Information Participation Topics: Biodiversity Environmental education GenderThe United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification entered into force in 1996 and has been ratified by the 33 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. It is the only binding international agreement linking environment and development to sustainable soil management.
Convention on Biological Diversity
29/12/1993 Rights: Information Participation Topics: Biodiversity Environmental education Environmental assessment Gender Indigenous peoplesThe Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was adopted at the Earth Summit in 1992 and has been ratified by all 33 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Constitution of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana
20/02/1980 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Cities Gender GuyanaThe Constitution of Guyana recognizes the right of every person to an environment that is not harmful to his or her health or well-being and the duty of every citizen to participate in activities designed to improve the environment and protect the health of the nation.