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 GenderPolitique nationale de lutte contre les changements climatiques
08/07/2019 Rights: Information Participation Topics: Climate Change Environmental education Haiti The National Policy to Combat Climate Change seeks to provide strategic guidance and vision in Haiti's response to climate change. It includes participation and transparency as guiding principles and puts in place several access to information and public engagement measures to strengthen its impact.
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.
Kyoto Protocol [Framework Convention on Climate Change]
16/02/2005 Rights: Information Topics: Climate ChangeThe Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change came into force in 2005 and has been ratified by all 33 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. It applies the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and sets binding targets for reducing...
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
21/03/1994 Rights: Information Participation Topics: Climate Change Environmental education Pollutant Release RegisterThe United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, in force since March 1994, has been ratified by all 33 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
01/01/1989 Rights: Information Topics: Climate ChangeThe Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer of the Vienna Convention has been ratified by all 33 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.