INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT: U.S. Actions to Fulfill Commitments Under Five Key Agreements

摘要

These agreements, which were identified by offices, relate to climate change (Framework Convention), desertification (Desertification Convention), the earth's ozone layer (Montreal Protocol), endangered species (CITES), and North American environmental cooperation (North American Agreement). Because the causes and consequences of climate change and other environmental problems do not respect national boundaries, the United States and other nations have entered into numerous international environmental agreements to address such problems. These agreements typically provide that the parties will undertake various actions. Some provisions are specific and measurable (such as having the parties establish domestic programs to, for example, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, or having them report periodically on their progress), while others are general and difficult to measure (such as having the parties coordinate with each other).