List of supranational environmental agencies

A variety of supranational environmental agencies, commissions, programs and secretariats exist across the world today. Some are global in nature, others regional; they may be multi- or bilateral in character. Some are responsible for broad areas of environmental policy, regulation and implementation; others for very specific issue areas. This article lists notable supranational environmental agencies, by region.

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Global

United Nations

See also: United Nations system

• Food and Agriculture Organization
• Global Environment Facility
• United Nations Environment Programme
• United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Secretariat
• United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
  • International Seabed Authority
  • International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat
• World Meteorological Organization

Other

• Alliance of Small Island States
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
• International Carbon Action Partnership
• International Tropical Timber Organization
• International Union for the Conservation of Nature
• International Whaling Commission
• North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission
• OECD Environment Directorate
• World Nature Organization

Africa

• Central African Forest Commission
• Congo Basin Forest Partnership

Americas and Caribbean

• Commission for Environmental Cooperation, operating under the North American Free Trade Agreement

Antarctica

• Antarctic Treaty Secretariat

Asia

• ASEAN Wildlife Enforcement Network
• Mekong River Commission
• Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA)

Europe

European Union

• European Commission
  • Directorate-General for Climate Action
  • Directorate-General for Energy
  • Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
  • Directorate-General for the Environment
• European Environment Agency

Other

• Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (HELCOM)
• Council of the Baltic Sea States
• European Forest Institute
• International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River
• Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe

Oceania

• Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency
• Pacific Regional Environment Programme

See also

• List of agriculture ministries
• List of environmental ministries
• List of environmental organizations
• List of forestry ministries
• List of intergovernmental organizations
• List of international environmental agreements
• Supranational union

External links

• World Nature Organization