For the data at the bottom of this page, you will find snapshots on environmental agreements, CO2 emissions and renewable energy by country. We have selected the following five international environmental agreements as case studies: 1.131 We believe that two elements of accountability are essential for the federal government to demonstrate to Canadians the environmental results achieved with respect to Canada`s international environmental agreements: setting performance expectations and measuring and reporting results. The departments responsible for the results clearly indicate the expected results and then measure the results obtained. To be considered international, the treaty must be intergovernmental; There are bilateral agreements between two governments and more than two multilateral agreements exist. The guidelines for an AED are defined by the participating countries. The United Nations and the World Trade Organization are important intergovernmental organizations for forging and implementing agreements. Barrett, P. (2003). Environment and state art: the strategy for the development of environmental contracts. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1.5 International environmental agreements are important because they allow countries to cooperate to address important environmental issues that are cross-border or global, such as air pollution, climate change, ozone protection and marine pollution. In Canada, the quality of our environment depends not only on what we do at home, but also on activities outside our borders. Our national measures alone are often not enough to protect our environment, our resources and our health.
We need to work with other countries to find common solutions to international environmental problems that directly affect us. 1.123 Of the five agreements we reviewed, environmental performance expectations (or targets) were clearly established in the case of the Montreal Protocol, the Ozone Annex and, in part, in the case of UNFA, based on the fish stocks examined. 1.100 Fisheries and Oceans Canada, however, has emphasized that setting conservation targets is a complex process based on international negotiations and that THE UNMS did not enter into force until 2001. In addition, the Department stated that its management priority was to stem and reverse the significant trend and deterioration of overexploitation of straddling fish stocks in waters outside Canadian jurisdiction in recent years, and in this regard it was premature to set management targets, targets and benchmarks for reopening fishing to stocks currently living in moratoriums. 1.4 Defining clear and quantifiable outcomes and then measuring results against these expectations can be a major challenge in dealing with complex environmental issues.