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.
Global
United Nations
- Food and Agriculture Organization
- Global Environment Facility
- United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
- United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Secretariat
- United Nations Environment Programme
- 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
Americas and Caribbean
- Comissão de Integração Nacional, Desenvolvimento Regional e da Amazônia - CINDRA, Brazil
- Commission for Environmental Cooperation, operating under the North American Free Trade Agreement
- The Forum of Ministers of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean, part of UNEP's Regional office in Latin America and the Caribbean
- International Joint Commission, prevents and resolves disputes about the use and quality of boundary waters on the Canada–US border
Antarctica
Asia
- ASEAN Wildlife Enforcement Network
- International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR)
- 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 the Environment
- Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
- European Environment Agency
Oceania
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