Benin

 Status under International Climate Change Law

• UNFCCC: signature (13 June 1992) and ratification (30 June 1994)
• KP: ratification (25 Feb 2002)
  • Quantified emission limitation or reduction commitment: NA
• Vienna Convention: (1 July 1993)
• Montreal Protocol: accession (1 July 1993)
• LRTAP: NA
• Energy Charter: NA
• Energy Efficiency Protocol: NA
• Espoo Convention: NA
• 2030 Commitment

Federal Laws on Climate Change

Air protection

• Decree No. 74-60 establishing responsibilities, composition, organization and functioning of the National Commission for the fight against the nature of pollution and improving the environment (1974) [French]
• Decree No. 2001-110 fixing air quality standards in the Republic of Benin (2001) [French]

Forests and Land Use

• Decree No. 97-193 on the establishment, composition and powers of the National Committee for the Fight Against Desertification and its Permanent Secretariat (1997) [French]

Environmental Impact Assessment

• Law No. 98-030 Framework Law on the Environment (1999) [French]

Others

• Decree No. 92-17 on the duties, organization and functioning o the Ministry of Environment, Housing and Urban Development (1992) [French]
• Law No. 98-030 Framework Law on the Environment (1999) [French]
• Decree no. 97-194 on the duties, organization and functioning of the Ministry of Environment, Housing and Urban Development (1997) [French]

Government Documents

• First National Communication to the UNFCCC (2002) [en, fr]
• National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) (2008) [French]
• Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMA) (2010) [French]
• Second National Communication to the UNFCCC (2011) [French]
• Integrated Water Resources Management Planning Process In Benin (2010) [English]

Factual Matters

• United Nations Statistics Division, Environment Statistics Country Snapshot (2013)

Updated: December 22, 2014