International Treaties related to Environment and their impact of Business

Members:Jacob Zacharia Anoop M Paul Thoufeeq Nasser Rohitha Raju Vinitha Ann Reji

International Treaties
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: A proposed treaty to prohibit all testing of nuclear weapons in all environments: underground, underwater, in the atmosphere and in space. In 1999, the U.S. Senate refused to ratify the treaty.

The Kyoto Protocol: An international agreement setting binding limits on emissions of greenhouse gases from industrialized countries . This agreement was adopted in Kyoto Japan in December 1997 and supplements the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change adopted in 1992

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Montreal Protocol: International agreement

signed by more than 150 countries to limit the production of substances harmful to the stratospheric ozone layer, such as CFCs.

Vienna convention protection(1985):

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Ozone

layer

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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: An international agreement for dealing with climate change, adopted at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (the "Earth Summit") in Rio in 1992. AKA Climate Change Convention; Climate Treaty. ASEAN Agreement on Tran boundary Haze Pollution Stockholm convention on Persistent organic pollutants: Governs the international trade of pesticides and industrial chemicals

Treaty Emphasis on .
Solar Energy Wind Energy Bio-Fuels Waste to Energy Geothermal Fuel Cells Renewable Energy Sources

Green Technologies
Green Transportation Energy efficiency Smart Grid Recycling Green building Zero emission carbon Machines

Treaties And Effects

Montreal Protocol
One analysis of the Montreal Protocol indicates that the United States swiftly stepped in to eliminate all Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)production once the leading American corporate producer of CFCs, DuPont, had developed an alternative The success of the Montreal Protocol was eased by the small number of industries affected by a CFC ban and the insignificant economic impact of the chemical.

Kyoto Protocol
Bush Administration remains steadfast against the Kyoto Protocol United States Still continues to boycott the agreement because US is largest carbon emission country American companies like DuPont are moving toward compliance in the absence of regulation, having already reduced their greenhouse-gas emissions by 65 percent compared to 1990 levels because they anticipate changes and want to keep pace with the global markets

Stockholm Conventions on Persistent organic pollutants treaty

US Govt failed to adopt this treaty because 150 million pounds of pesticide worth more than $800 million are marketed overseas Us government was not ready to shut down such a huge business. Still Us is exporting domestically banned pesticides to developing and under developed nations.

Vienna convention
Vienna convention treaty was stringent the production of ozone depletion substance like CFC. Many company had to find other replacing substance to cover CFC.

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