List of supranational environmental agencies
# List of supranational environmental agencies

A variety of supranational environmental agencies, commissions, programs and secretariats exist across the world today. Some are global in nature, others regional; they may be multi- or bilateral in character. Some are responsible for broad areas of environmental policy, regulation and implementation; others for very specific issue areas. This article lists notable supranational environmental agencies, by region.

## Global

### United Nations

* Food and Agriculture Organization
* Global Environment Facility
* United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
   * International Seabed Authority
   * International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
* United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Secretariat
* United Nations Environment Programme
* United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat
* World Meteorological Organization

### Other

* Alliance of Small Island States
* Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
* Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
* International Carbon Action Partnership
* International Tropical Timber Organization
* International Union for Conservation of Nature
* International Whaling Commission
* North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission
* OECD Environment Directorate
* World Nature Organization

## Africa

* Central African Forest Commission
* Congo Basin Forest Partnership

## Americas and Caribbean

* Comissão de Integração Nacional, Desenvolvimento Regional e da Amazônia - CINDRA, Brazil
* Commission for Environmental Cooperation, operating under the North American Free Trade Agreement
* The Forum of Ministers of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean, part of UNEP's Regional office in Latin America and the Caribbean
* International Joint Commission, prevents and resolves disputes about the use and quality of boundary waters on the Canada–US border

## Antarctica

* Antarctic Treaty Secretariat

## Asia

* ASEAN Wildlife Enforcement Network
* International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR)
* Mekong River Commission
* Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA)

## Europe

### European Union

* European Commission
   * Directorate-General for Climate Action
   * Directorate-General for Energy
   * Directorate-General for the Environment
   * Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
* European Environment Agency

### Other

* Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (HELCOM)
* Mediterranean Science Commission (CIESM)
* International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
* European Forest Institute
* International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River
* Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe

## Oceania

* Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency
* Pacific Regional Environment Programme
