 | | | | Implementing Agencies of the Multilateral Fund |
| | | | Implementing Agencies of the Multilateral Fund |
| | | | Implementing Agencies of the Multilateral Fund |
| | | | Implementing Agencies of the Multilateral Fund |
| | | The GEF is not formally linked to the Montreal Protocol but actively support its implementation. The GEF helps the countries with economies in transition to phase out their use of ozone-destroying chemicals under the terms of the Montreal Protocol. GEF support has moved from separate Chemicals Focal Areas (ODS and Persistent Organic Pollutants) to having one, fully integrated Chemicals and Waste Focal Area, including POPs, Mercury, ODS, and the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management. | Websites of other conventions and related organizations |
| | | The Rotterdam Convention, in force since 2004, covers the international trade of certain hazardous chemicals, based on the concept of "prior informed consent" (PIC) of the receiving country. The Secretariat cooperates, collaborates, and exchanges information with the Ozone Secretariat on various matters of common interest. | Websites of other conventions and related organizations |
| | | The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal is a comprehensive global environmental agreement on hazardous and other wastes. Activities on prevention and combatting illegal traffic in environmentally-sensitive commodities through the Green Customs Initiative are an example of collaboration. | Websites of other conventions and related organizations |
| | | The Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) is a policy framework to promote chemical safety around the world. SAICM's overall objective is the achievement of the sound management of chemicals throughout their life cycle so that by the year 2020, chemicals are produced and used in ways that minimize significant adverse impacts on the environment and human health. | Websites of other conventions and related organizations |
| | | The Stockholm Convention is a global treaty to protect human health and the environment from persistent organic pollutants (POPs). POPs are chemicals that remain intact in the environment for long periods, become widely distributed geographically and are toxic to humans and wildlife. Collaboration was established within the framework of the international ODS and POPs initiative. | Websites of other conventions and related organizations |
| | | UN Environment Chemicals and Waste and its partners work towards the goal of the World Summit on Sustainable Development to minimize the adverse effects of chemicals and waste on human health and the environment. | Websites of other conventions and related organizations |
| | | The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) sets an overall framework for intergovernmental efforts to tackle the challenge posed by climate change. It recognizes that the climate system is a shared resource whose stability can be affected by industrial and other emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. | Websites of other conventions and related organizations |
| | | This website provides biographical details of visionaries, innovators and implementers making the Montreal Protocol a global environmental success story. | Montreal Protocol |
| | | The Ozone Secretariat is the Secretariat for the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. Based at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) offices in Nairobi (Kenya), the Secretariat functions in accordance with Article 7 of the Vienna Convention and Article 12 of the Montreal Protocol.
| Montreal Protocol |