Protocol on Heavy Metals

The Protocol on Heavy Metals, a protocol to the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution, was adopted in Aarhus, Denmark in 1998. As of 2004, it had 36 signatories.[1] As of 2016, it had 35 signatories and 33 parties, with no country having become a signatory since 1998.[2] The protocol addresses the reduction of cadmium, lead and mercury emissions in the interests of environmental protection.[3] Amendments to the Protocol were agreed in 2012[4] to introduce more stringent emission limits[5] but are not yet in force.

References

  1. ↑ Hulme 2004, p. 223.
  2. ↑ United Nations Treaty Collection, status of Protocol on Heavy Metals.
  3. ↑ "Protocol on Heavy Metals". UNECE. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  4. ↑ Decision 2012/5.
  5. ↑ UNECE press release, 19 Dec 2012.
Bibliography
  • Hulme, Karen (January 2004). War Torn Environment: Interpreting The Legal Threshold. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. ISBN 90-04-13848-X.


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