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, while others are regional; they may be multilateral or bilateral in character. Some are responsible for broad areas of environmental policy, regulation, and implementation; others focus on 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
- * International Seabed Authority
- * International Tribunal for 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
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- 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 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
- Egyptian Environmental Affairs Authority
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
- Mekong River Commission
- Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia
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
Other
- Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission
- European Forest Institute
- European Space Agency
- International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
- International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River
- Mediterranean Science Commission
- Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe