The conventions focus on various issues, for example climate change, stratospheric ozone layer protection, air quality, chemicals and nature conservation. The conventions are tools for promoting cooperation and the development of international environmental law and actions. Some conventions apply regionally, others globally.
The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency’s experts participate in the work and negotiations under the conventions. Our experts also participate in the EU preparatory negotiations, which shape the positions of the EU. During conferences of the parties, EU normally speaks for all its member states.
The following conventions are among the key environmental protection agreements covered by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency:
- Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters.
- Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Waste and Their Disposal
- Berne Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats
- Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
- Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context.
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
- Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP)
- Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS)
- European Landscape Convention
- Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships
- Minamata Convention on Mercury
- Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, especially as Waterfowl Habitat
- Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
- Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer
- World Heritage Convention