Presidential decree applies international environmental agreements; declares climate emergency

President Hasan Çakar has issued a presidential decree implementing the provisions from various international and UN-wide environmental agreements to set a base framework for Hasanistani environmental policy and support the environmentalist aspect of Article 28 of the Constitution. In addition, Hasanistan has declared a climate emergency through this decree to acknowledge the global catastrophic risk that climate change presents and the urgency to act on it. The decree covers climate change, air pollution, maritime pollution, noise pollution, animal and plant conservation and welfare, extra-terrestrial conservation and environmental safeguarding and public transparency on environmental policy.

The following agreements or parts of agreements have been implemented in the decree: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol to the UNFCCC, Paris Agreement under the UNFCCC, Glasgow Climate Pact, Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution, Aarhus Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants, International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 1973/1978, International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes, Working Environment (Air Pollution, Noise and Vibration) Convention, Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat, International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, International Plant Protection Convention, International Tropical Timber Agreement, Convention on Biological Diversity, Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, European Convention for the Protection of Pet Animals, European Convention for the Protection of Animals kept for Farming Purposes, European Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals used for Experimental and other Scientific Purposes, Article 7 of the Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies and the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters.

The full decree may be read here.