Data source: International Environmental Agreements Database Project
International Environmental Agreements (IEA) include efforts to regulate human interactions with the environment that involve legally binding commitments ("agreements") among governments ("international") that have environmental protection as a primary objective ("environmental").The IEAs include:
- instruments designated as convention, treaty, agreement, accord, or their non-English equivalents, and protocols and amendments to such instruments;
- instruments, regardless of designation, establishing intergovernmental commissions;
- instruments, regardless of designation, identified as binding by reliable sources (e.g., by a secretariat, UNEP, or published legal analysis); or
- instruments, regardless of designation, whose texts fit accepted terminologies of legally-binding agreements.
Intergovernmental "soft laws," such as action plans, agreed measures, codes of conduct, declarations, resolutions, and similar policies that are not binding are excluded. European Union (EU) directives are also excluded due to their unique status.
When using this dataset, please cite as:
(Mitchell, 2020)
(Mitchell et al.,
2020)
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iead_eif1
The number of international environmental agreements, amendments, and protocols that entered into force for the first time (before any withdrawals), in the recorded year.
iead_eif2
The number of international environmental agreements, amendments, and protocols that entered into force after the first withdrawal, in the recorded year.
iead_eif3
The number of international environmental agreements, amendments, and protocols that entered into force after the second withdrawal, in the recorded year.
iead_inforce
The number of international environmental agreements, amendments, and protocols in force, including international environmental agreements that have been terminated.
iead_inforce_noterm
The number of international environmental agreements, amendments, and protocols in force, not counting terminated international environmental agreements.
iead_rat
The number of international environmental agreements, amendments, and protocols ratified in the recorded year. The users are encouraged to use "entry into force" instead of signatures and ratificat ...
iead_sig
The number of international environmental agreements, amendments, and protocols signed in the recorded year. The data on signatures are incomplete. Signatures are fewer than ratifications or entry ...
iead_term
The number of international environmental agreements, amendments, and protocols terminated in the recorded year.
iead_withdraw1
The number of first-time withdrawals from international environmental agreements, amendments, and protocols in the recorded year.
iead_withdraw2
The number of second-time withdrawals from international environmental agreements, amendments, and protocols in the recorded year.