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Monaco takes part in 7th Our Ocean Conference
05 May 2022 News flashAt the invitation of Mr Surangel Whipps Jr, President of the Republic of Palau, and Mr John Forbes Kerry, President Joe Biden’s Special Envoy for Climate, Ms Céline Caron-Dagioni, Minister of Publi...
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Principality of Monaco takes part in COP 15 on biological diversity in China
20 October 2021 Press releaseThe Principality of Monaco took part in the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity1 (Part 1)2 from 11 to 15 October.Through close collaboration between the two min...
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Monaco takes part in Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action
19 October 2021 Press releaseMinister of Finance and Economy Jean Castellini took part in a new high-level meeting organised by the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action on Tuesday 12 October 2021, held in the marg...
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Extraordinary Meeting of the Scientific and Technical Committee of the Pelagos Agreement
09 July 2021 Press releaseThe Scientific and Technical Committee of the Pelagos Agreement* held an extraordinary meeting on Monday 5 and Friday 9 July 2021, by video conference.The meeting took place in the presence of repr...
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Principality of Monaco joins forces with 14 other countries in appeal to world’s governments - “Work together to protect nature!”
05 June 2020 Press releaseAs Marie-Pierre Gramaglia this morning reiterated the importance of marking World Environment Day 2020, the theme for which is “Biodiversity: a call to action to combat the accelerated loss of spec...
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Opening of the 51st Plenary Session of the IPPC
20 September 2019 News flashThe 51st Plenary Session of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), which is taking place at the Grimaldi Forum Monaco from 20 to 23 September, was opened this morning with a speech b...
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From the shoreline to the deep sea - The beauty and fragility of an underwater world World Oceans Day – 8 June 2019 - Espace Miramar, Cannes
31 May 2019 Press releaseThe RAMOGE Agreement,* working with its partner, the Centre Permanent d’Initiatives pour l’Environnement Iles de Lérins et Pays d’Azur (CPIE, Lérin Islands and Riviera Permanent Environmental Initi...
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Delegation from the Principality attends COP 23 in Bonn
07 November 2017 Press releaseA delegation from the Principality has been in Bonn, Germany since 4 November to take part in the 23rdUnited Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 23).The Bonn Conference follows on from COP 21 an...
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Sustainable Development Goals: Prince’s Government presents national voluntary review to UN
18 July 2017 Press releaseThe Meeting of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, convened by the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), is being held at the UN headquarters in New York from 17 to 19 Jul...
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Marie-Pierre Gramaglia at the World Committee of Women Entrepreneurs
15 March 2017 Press releaseMarie-Pierre Gramaglia spoke at the workshop on "Environment and Urban Development" at the World Committee of Women Entrepreneurs, a two-day event in the Principality that brings together...
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An undertaking at international level
A country mobilised by its Sovereign, H.S.H. Prince Albert II, to tackle the universal issue of the environment
At the initiative of H.S.H. Prince Albert II, the Prince's Government takes affirmative action to foster sustainable development in the Principality. Activities involve taking into account biodiversity, resource management, the implementation of a climate-based energy plan.
The State departments make daily contributions, to implementing all or part of this policy through their work in servicing the public.Among these missions is the implementation of the many international conventions and agreements ratified by the Principality, such as the Kyoto Protocol, and more recently the Paris Agreement.
Monaco is also a historic member of the Washington Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, known as CITES, the provisions of which are implemented via the introduction of a permit system.
Lastly, the Principality of Monaco takes an active part, in preserving the Mediterranean through the RAMOGE Agreement, the Pelagos Sanctuary, the Barcelona Convention, among others and the Principality is also the headquarters of international entities studying and preserving the marine environment (ACCOBAMS, IAEA, etc.)
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- The Tree Code
- The Environment in the Principality of Monaco – Data Compendium
- Monaco Environment booklet
