International Environmental Agreements Database Project

Description

The International Environmental Agreements (IEA) Database Project offers a “single source” repository for information related to IEAs. It provides negotiators, treaty secretariats, scholars, students, and interested citizens with a reliable list of all historic and current IEAs.  Initiated and curated by Prof. Ronald Mitchell (University of Oregon) from 2002 to 2024, it is now hosted at Université Laval under the leadership of Prof. Jean-Frédéric Morin.

Goals

The IEA Database seeks to provide:

  • a systematic, comprehensive and up to date list of international environmental agreements, including multilateral (MEAs) and bilateral (BEAs) ones.
  • Information on each agreement, including signature date, place of signature, entry into force date, parties, responsible secretariat, subject, etc.;
  • the fully searchable text for most IEAs, including the original as well as the amended versions;
  • information on “lineage” — i.e. the legal linkages among agreements;
  • coded versions of a subset of IEAs that allow systematic comparison of agreement design features;.
  • a comprehensive list of environmental secretariats.

 

For more information – go to the project’s website.

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