The 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.
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Paris Agreement [Framework Convention on Climate Change]
04/11/2016 Rights: Information Participation Topics: Climate Change Environmental education Gender Indigenous peoplesNagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity
12/10/2014 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Biodiversity Environmental education Indigenous peoplesThe Nagoya Protocol, in force since October 2014, is a supplementary agreement to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Its objective is to achieve fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources.
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.